Not much is said about the Abindu Caves in Kisumu county, a place where people of faith consider holy and a place they go to seek the face of God in prayers.
Located in Nyahera, the caves also double up as a place where people seek divine intervention and are at the same time considered grounded in mystery.
For instance, there are controversial writings on the great rocks living up the caves, whose meanings remain unknown even after being found to translate to DAALMONHAM.
According to Naftali Omedo, it took the intervention of a University of Nairobi student Aboro Adete to decipher the letters in the 1970s, though he didn't explain what they mean.
“Adete glided up and down the rock walls mysteriously and revealed that the word was: D-A-A-L-M-O-N-H-A-M,” he said, adding that locals have avoided farming around the shrine.
This, he said, is in line with Adete's warning that such would be succeeded by misfortunes, confirming that those who defy the same have ended up with injuries or mysteriously losing their farming tools.
He says that the site, which was used by the older generations to pray for rain and other favours from the gods, is frequented by members of the Legio Maria sect.
All visitors pay a Sh50 fee to access the caves, which is used to preserve it.
Its also said that the area around the shrine was initially occupied by a Kalenjin community, which was displaced by Luos and forced to relocate to Kericho.