The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.27

v1.c8.s7.27

The caves are ancient residences of the gods.. It is there too, and not only on the banks of rivers that they love to dwell; their presence there is felt so strongly that cave and god are one; "on the Viśākha mountain there is a great dwelling belonging to Guha, the Secret one (Kārttikeya), the god who is very fond of living in caves" (guhā; ‘Vāyu Purāṇa’, XXXIX. 55). To these natural habitations of