The Chandragupt mud volcanoes have already been popular with visitors to the area, being in close proximity to the famed Kund Malir Beach and being at just a 3 hour drive from Karachi. The two Chadragupt mud volcanoes lie across each other and are reached via a short connecting road from the Makran Coastal Highway towards the coast.
The larger Chandragupt I as viewed from the top of the Chandragupt II
These mud volcanoes have been visited for centuries, much before any road was built in the region. This owes much to the religious value that these hold, particularly for the Hindu religion and its followers. There is annual religious pilgrimage which brings devotees to these volcanoes for a night among other old religious sites along an ancient religious pilgrimage route. As such, both the volcanoes are active and undergo the mud erupting action frequently.
The crater of the smaller, Chandragupt II mud volcano
Random, small eruptions around the top of the volcano
The immediate landscape around the volcanoes has been shaped by years of eruptions and subsequent depositing of erupted material including minerals. As a result, the ground around the base of the volcanoes is thin and fine whereas, parts further away are shaped by dried mud and the ground is therefore, dehydrated and separated with cracks in between.
Aerial view of Chandragupt I
Landscape shaped by regular eruptions over centuries
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