Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi's Constituency, Wayanad Has A Cave With Inscriptions Dating Back To 6000 BC
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad in Kerala.
The 53-year-old who is seeking reelection from Wayanad is contesting against CPI's Annie Raja and Kerala BJP state President K Surendran.
Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency
Kerala goes to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Wayanad is one of the twenty Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala and is spread across three districts -- Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram.
Edakkal Caves
Wayanad is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in Kerala and one of the must-see attractions there is the Edakkal caves.
Located on Ambukutty Mala, 1200 meters above sea level, Edakkal has two caves-one, which is 96 feet long and 22 feet wide, and the other, 18 feet long and 12 feet wide.
Edakkal which in Malayalam means 'the stone in between' gets its name from a rock that is wedged between two larger ones, giving its roof-like shape.
What is special about Edakkal
But the most unique feature of the Edakkal caves is the inscriptions on its walls.
The Edakkal caves are believed to be an ancient tribal settlement and the pictorial inscriptions on its walls are estimated to be around 8000 years old.
According to some historians, the oldest inscriptions date back to 6000 BC, to the Stone Age (neolithic age). The newest carvings are from around 1000 BCE.
These include human figures, animals, tools, vehicles, day-to-day occurrences and scripts in different languages.
To date the inscriptions have not been fully deciphered and due to their different forms and styles it is believed that they were carved by different sets of inhabitants over centuries.
The caves were discovered in 1890 by Fred Fawcett, a British officer serving the Malabar Police.
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