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Pandava caves at Kadri, Mangaluru

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A Pandava cave and a Buddhist vihara share one site.

Near the Kadri Manjunath temple caves are said to be where the Pandavas stayed in exile; locals say none who entered returned and that they run to Kashi. Historians say the temple was a Buddhist vihara.

Who: Pandavas

Places: Kadri, Mangaluru, Karnataka

Where this comes from

• folk-oral · Wikipedia: Pandava Caves

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