India, July 18 -- Days after Nina Kutina, the 40-year-old Russian woman, was rescued along with her two daughters from a remote cave in Karnataka, details have started emerging on how the three managed to survive in the isolated place for nearly two weeks.

Kutina, along with her daughters Preya (6) and Ama (4), were found on July 11 living in a secluded cave in the Ramatirtha hills of the state.

The Russian woman revealed that she lived in harmony with nature and used to cook on fire or gas cylinder depending on the season. She used to get groceries from the nearby village, news agency PTI reported.

"We woke up with the sun, swam in rivers and lived in nature. I cooked on a fire or gas cylinder depending on the season, and got grocerie...