Edakkal Caves are two natural caves in a remote location in Edakkal, 25 km from Kalpetta in the Wayanad district of Kerala . The cave in the mountain Edakkal Ambukuthy is not a cave in the real sense. As indicated in the Antique India and quoted in the District Gazette, Kozhikode, it is only “a cleft about 96 feet long and 22 feet wide in the rock. It is a cleft made by a corner of the division rock Of the main body due to some natural causes.The depth of the cleft and both the cleft is 30 feet What makes it a cave for the ordinary observer is the fact that in the other portion of the large cleft, a huge rock, Several tons of weight,
The rock wall contains some interesting sculptures, representing human and animal figures and objects of human use and symbols. Inside the caves are pictorial writings believed to date to at least 5000 BC, from the Neolithic man, indicating the presence of a prehistoric civilization or settlement in this region. Edakkal Stone Age carvings are rare and are the only known examples of southern India. The petroglyphs inside the cave are of at least three distinct types. The oldest can date back more than 8,000 years. Evidence suggests that caves were inhabited by Edakkal several times at different points in history.