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Location
: Caves three km away from Ambalavayal, Wayanad. Ambalavayal buses from
Kozhikode, Kalpetta and Sulthan Bathery. Atop Ambukutty Hills near Ambalavayal in Wayanad is Edakkal Caves. Two caves, formed by a split in a mammoth rock- one roofed over by other- make up the Edakkal caves.
For decades the caves have been the haven of archeologists. Ancient carvings and pictorial wall inscriptions are supposed to be of pre-historic period.
The stone walls also have pictures of human beings and instruments. Archaeologists consider this as one of the earliest centres of human habitation.
A 1500-acre Reserve Forest also houses as many as 200 stone age monuments. Down town Ambalavayal has a heritage museum, first of its kind in the state.
It has a rare collection of instruments and curios shedding light to life, centuries back.
