Kanha National Park
The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha providedinspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel “Jungle Book”. The Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh came into being in 1955 and forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, created in 1974 under Project Tiger. The Park’s landmark achievement is the preservation of the rare hardground Swamp Deer (Barasingha), saving it from near extinction. Stringent conservation programs for the overall protection of the Park’s fauna and flora, makes Kanha one of the most well maintained National Parks in Asia.
A heightened attraction within the Park is Bamni Dadar, popularly known as Sunset Point that offers the most awe-inspiring backdrop of the sunset against grazing Sambhars and Gaurs, magnifying the natural splendor of the area. Aside from its diverse wildlife and bird population, the frequent sightings of Tigers roaming in the wild at Kanha Wildlife Sanctuary remain the most popular draw.
Kanha’s sal and bamboo forests, rolling grasslands and meandering streams stretch over 940 sq km in dramatic natural splendour which form the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve created in 1974 under Project Tiger. The park is the only habitat of the rare hardground Barasingha (Cervus Duvaceli Branderi).
By a special statute in 1955, Kanha National Park came into being. Since then, a series of stringent conservation programmes for the protection of the park’s flora and fauna has given Kanha its deserved reputation for being one of the finest and best administered National Parks in Asia, an irresistible attraction for all wildlife lovers and a true haven for its animal and avian population.
According to Rudyard Kipling,Kanha National Park, located in the Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, is the most spectacular protected wildlife reserves of the world. It covers an area of 1,940 sq.kms and is one of the largest and best monitored parks in the subcontinent and definitely one of best place in the world to see the critically endangered Tiger.
The great sal forest of Kanha National Park,stretching across Maikal hills of Satpura range,has inspired Rudyard Kipling to write the English classic- The Jungle Book. If there is one animal species to represent the Kanha,it would probably be the barasingha or the swamp deer. The swamp deer was faced with extinction but some keen measures which included fencing off some animals helped to save them.
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