DESCRIPTION OF CAVE: It is a prehistoric rock shelter formed naturally out of a strange disposition of three huge boulders making one rest on the other two with its bottom jutting out in between and serving as the roof.
Edakkal literally means a stone in between. The combination of the curves and protrusions of the boulders in the alignment is such that it virtually brings into existence a two storied natural cleft.
The lower storey can be centered through an opening of 5'4” feet into the interior measuring 18 feet by 12 feet and height of 10 feet. Which has a trickle at the corner opposite to the entrance.