I came across an account of a journey by Bhushavali N to Konganar's cave at http://travel.bhushavali.com/2010/05/uthiyur-hills-aka-pon-uthiyur-konganar.html
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| Opening to Konganar's cave. Photo courtesy of http://travel.bhushavali.com/2010/05/uthiyur-hills-aka-pon-uthiyur-konganar.html |
There were other posts on Konganar's cave at Thedal at http://spiritualcbe.blogspot.in/search?updated-max=2013-01-17T18:30:00%2B05:30&max-results=7&start=18&by-date=false by Saravanakumar.B
It brought back memories of my travels with Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal to these caves in 2005.
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| Kangayam |
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| At 'base camp'. Salutations to Lord Ganapathy before we start of our journey. |
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| A dilapidated temple on the route up to Konganar's cave |
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| The path leading to Konganar's cave |
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| In front of the huge boulders that form Konganar's cave |
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| On the hilltop overlooking the path that we had just taken |
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| The opening to the tiny space in the rocks where Tavayogi had meditated during the earlier years when he was still searching |
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| Tavayogi in his own space |
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| Tavayogi back 'home' |
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| Tavayogi making his way into a small gap between two huge boulders where Konganar had meditated |
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| Inside Konganar's cave |
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| Tavayogi holding the vibhuti or sacred ash that materialize here |
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| Tavayogi |