 Panchmarhi, locally known as ‘Satpura ki Rani’ is a picturesque hill station in Madhya Pradesh located at the rolling hills of the Satpura Range. Discovered and popularized by the British as a sanatorium and summer residence, Panchmarhi commands significant tourist attention. The Pandav Caves Panchmarhi are an important tourist landmark in Panchmarhi.
Five ancient caves carved out of a low hillock are known as the Pandav Caves Panchmarhi In India. The name Pachmarhi itself is derived from these Panch- Marhi (five caves or huts) believed to be the abode of the Pandava brothers from the epic 'Mahabharata'. It is believed that during their 12 years exile, the Pandavs (five brothers) spent a few days here at what is now identified as the Pandav Caves In Panchmarhi In Madhya Pradesh.
The cleanest, most airy of the caves is known as 'Draupadi Kuti' after Draupadi- the wife of the five brothers; and the darkest one, the 'Bhim Kothari' after the strongest of five brothers- Bhima. Some motifs and a brick stupa were discovered above the caves. Though archaeologist have later claimed that these caves must have been constructed by Buddhist monks during the Gupta period, in the 9th or 10th century A.D., but the popular belief, that the Pandavas had lived here, still continues, having hardly suffered any defacement.
The Pandav Caves are therefore still one of the most important and significant among the monuments and museums in Panchmarhi and still continues to attract a considerable amount of tourists. The Pandav Caves are yet another instance of folklore and myth ttriumphing over scientific findings. The Pandav connection definitely places Panchmarhi on a plain higher than other places around and denying that connection would mean robbing the place of its assumed glory and therefore are being continuously and carefully nurtured over the generations.
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