Another fascinating input to my finding led me to some unknown discussions about the origin of the earthen tower story . We believed the story was related to Lepchas , but close to the Lepchas are the Limboo and Newar communities , who share the earthen story to have belonged to them. The Limboo community believed they were the earliest settlers in this region, and it was their story. At the same time, the Newar populace claimed they were the potters who built the earthen tower, told a local from Daramdin . Close to the vicinity of the Daramdin bazaar , there lays a cave made from the chink of a huge stone. Small openings take us to a chamber where the locals believe it to be a meditation room. Many locals said they had become aware of this cave since childhood and played around it. The so-called cave has a cube-shaped stone scored in such a fashion that it seems symbolic of some ritual activities. The walls on its left are closely associated with some inscriptions of the Limboo l...
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