* YANA CAVES, IN KARNATAKA KNOWN FOR ITS STRIKING BLACK CRYSTALLINE ROCK FORMATION, AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE DECLARED AS THE GEO-HERITAGE SITE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE ON 13TH APRIL 2026.
* IT IS LOCATED IN WESTERN GHATS IN UTTARA KANNDADISTRICT.
* IT HAS TWO PROMINENT MONOLITHIC OUTCROPS -
A) BHAIRAVAVESHWARA SHIKHARA (120M)
B) MOHINI SHIKHARA ( 90M)
* ACCORDING TO GSI THE FORMATION DATE BACKED AROUND 2,7 MILLION YEARS, AND COMPOSED OF PRECAMBRIAN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE
