Chert in limestone caves in Myanmar

These formations are probably chert (amorphous silica).

Padon Cave

This is in Padamyar Gu (Ruby Cave)

Myanmar - Kaw Ka Taung Cave, Hpa An, Kayin

This is a small Buddhist temple outside Hpa An, in Kayin state, southern Myanmar. As usual with Burmese names, the spelling varies according to the phonetics.

As with other temples, this cave has a line of stone monks outside.

The main entrance

nat with bull

row of Buddhas inside, and the main altars

Tablets on the wall

and a tortoise on the floor.

I was amused when a group came in and the resident monk played a tape of Christmas songs - quite incongruous in a Buddhist temple.

The cave is very short. A low passage leads to an end chamber

Outside is another monk with tilted head. In the grounds are other statues,

From Kaw Ka Taung, we went a few hundred metres along the cliff, following the stone monks,

and came to Padamyar or Ruby Cave. This was only " found" about 2002 and is still being developed.

Inside a large chamber contains a large seated Buddha but the chamber was full of dust and not good for photos. There is some chert in this cave.

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4 comments:

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   Yeshe Liew15 February 2009 21:54

   Liz, many buddhists praise your posting on the world largest inclining Buddha. If possible I like to ask your permission to link this also. If OK please don't forget to un-save for everyone to view. A good buddhist practices open mindedness and christmas song is interesting and enjoyable.

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   Liz Price15 February 2009 22:14

   Thanks for the comments. Yes you may link to this one as well, its already available to everyone and not restricted. Thanks for asking permission.

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   Yeshe Liew16 February 2009 18:31

   Thanks liz I am sure they will be delighted

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   deb thegardener16 February 2009 20:20

   thank you so much for sharing your wonderful pictures with Buddhist Travelers.
   namaste

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Myanmar - chert in limestone caves

These formations are probably chert (amorphous silica). Saw these in caves in Myanmar.

Padon Cave -

This is in Padamyar Gu (Ruby Cave)

© Liz Price
No reproduction without permission

Battambang caves 7 - Kpg Poi lake area 2008

We went to Kampong Poi dam and turned right and followed the lake, turning left at the end, and going to the wat at the foot of the hill, For 2 hot and sweaty days, 2 monks took us to caves.

broken exhaust

drink for cavers!!

cycad

grasshopper

charcoal

rock shelter cave

chert

interesting formation

Naga steps

Some of the caves had trees or just poles which the locals used to get down and up. Needless to say none of us cavers dared to do this.

how to descend

coming up again

 In Buddha Cave, young monks watched us -

 millipedes

cricket

village shop

On the second day we saw many entances but most of them were shafts so we couldn't enter. This shaft is 10 m deep -

one man down

2 men down

3 men down

4 men down

all inside

chert

going back up

Next shaft -

monk uses this tree to climb down

this one uses an old branch

coming back up

 Calcite that has been collected -

The lake was built by the Khmer Rouge and is now used to irrigate the rice fields -

someone's lunch

lotus heads

irrigation canal

There are 6 more albums on the Battambang caves and 1 on cave fauna
Caves 1 phnom sampeu and Caves 2 Sdao area and Caves 3 crocodile hill area , and Caves 4 kampong poi area and Caves 5 phnom kdaong and Caves 6 Banan area and also Cambodia cave fauna .
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