The Grand Canyon of India

The Belum caves are the longest and largest cave system in which public allowed visiting. It is present in the Indian subcontinent famous for its speleothems, such as stalactite and stalagmite formations.You can encounter long passages, galleries, spacious caverns with fresh water and siphons in the Belum caves.This cave system was formed over tens of thousands of years ago because of the constant flow of natural underground water.The cave system reaches its deepest point ( 46 m (151 ft) from entrance level) at the point known as Patalganga. Belum caves are the second largest cave system in the Indian subcontinent after the Krem Liat Prah caves in Meghalaya. The Belum caves are spread across a length of 3,229 meters (10,593.8 feet).Today, 3.5 km of the caves have been successfully explored, though only 1.5 km is accessible to visitors.The caves have 16 different pathways including the main entrance and deposits of quartz in the caves.. The caves consist of black Limestone. Gandikota located in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh is a small village that is famous for the amazing gorge formed by the river Pennar that flows through the Erramala hills.