MUD VOLCANO, BARATANG ISLAND

 Soon after reaching Baratang Island, 

First place Visited was Mud Volcano.

Climbing up multiple steps in the drizzling weather reached the mud volcano upon a hill.

Do you know ?

This is the only known mud volcano in whole of South-Asia region the mud volcano can be found near the far north side of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Natural gases that are emitted due to decay of organic matter underground pushes the mud upwards. 

This hardens the ground and mud slowly oozes out of the surface, resulting in the formation of a miniature volcano.