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Similar cave drawings, considered to be 7000 years old, are found only in Stiriya in the European Alps and a few rocky places in Africa. The caves, which are found around 10 km from Sultan Bathery, are two natural rock formations believed to have been formed by a large split in a huge rock How to Reach
Nearest railway station: Kozhikode Railway
Station about 97 km from Sultan Bathery.
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What kind
of people were our ancestors? What kind of lives did they lead? Often, the paths
leading to the answers to these questions are as fascinating as the answers
themselves. If you would like to walk a little way along one such wonderful path
of discovery, one good place to visit would be the Edakkal caves in the
Ambukuthi Hills in North Kerala, considered to be one of the earliest centres of
human habitation. Inside the cave you will find ancient stone scripts, pictorial
wall inscriptions of human and animal figures with peculiar headdresses, the
swastik form, symbols and cave drawings of human figures, wheels, bows, knives,
trees and so on