This Is The Seventh Most Famous Caves In The World

Cave has always attracted human attention. A refuge in prehistoric era, and media arts Neanderthals, until now a playground for cave explorers.
Caves are also often considered to have mystical value, so the sacred existence. In the history of human civilization, these caves in the world's most famous religious stories fit the beliefs of each.

And this is the seventh most famous caves in the world:

1. Elephanta Caves, India


This cave is carved in the hillside on the island in the fifth century Gharapuri. Here you can listen to the hum of an ancient Indian instrument.

2. Longmen Caves, China


This cave is located on the hillside Xiangshan and Longmen Shan and above the River Yi. Longmen or "Dragon Gate" is a Buddhist cave complex built since the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 493). This cave consists of 2,345 caves and niches, 2800 inscriptions and 43 pagodas.

3. Caves Dambulla, Sri Lanka


From India you can go on trips to Sri Lanka to visit the Dambulla Buddhist cave complex. There are many statues and a ceiling mural in a rough stone wall.



4. Corycian Cave, Greece


According to the ancient Greek belief, a large cave on Mount Parnassus is a place of worship the god Pan and the Nymphs. Near the entrance there is a stone fruit Corycian are likely to be used as an altar.

5. Actun Tunichil Muknal, Belize


This cave is found in Belize, a small country on the east coast of Central America, bordered by Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. Access to Mayan sites included interesting activities, such as hiking to water play and swimming. But nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) of track, there are a resting place "girl crystal".
The girl called Crystal or Crystal Maiden, embedded in a perfectly preserved skeleton cave and covered in calcite that create lustrous appearance.

6. Lourdes


In Lourdes, France there is a cave which became the Catholic pilgrimage site. It's on at the foot of the Pyrenees mountains. That said, in the month of February 1858 a 14-year-old child, Bernadette Soubirous saw apparitions Mother Mary.

7. Gua Hira


Cave of Hira is where the Muhammad SAW received revelations from Allah through the angel Jibril first time. The cave where the Muhammad SAW as aloof from the people who at the time was still not believe in Allah.
Hira cave is located in the country of Saudi Arabia. It is located on the cliff climb a bit steep, though not too high, therefore to get to the cave that every person should have a strong physique.