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Harmony of body, mind
and soul Ayurveda
evolved around 600 BC
in India. Today, it's a
unique, indispensable
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Information Zone - Travel |
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Int'l Air Travel
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Just about all major international airlines fly into India. Major international
airports include Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), (Trivandrum)
Tiruvananthapuram , Bangalore and Cochin ...
Domestic Air Travel :
This is also well organised. Apart from the govt. owned Airlines many private
airlines and low cost carriers operate to
various destinations all over the country. All state capitals and major towns
are connected by air.
Train Travel : The Indian
Railways have the fourth largest rail network in the world. Just about every
Indian city, town and village is connected by train and it is one of the best
ways to get into the interiors of the country.
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THE
WILDLIFE |
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India .. One of the few places left on earth where scenery, people, climate
and wildlife combine to create a land of beauty.
A land where one can experience natural
wildlife in natural surroundings. Known as the land of the tiger and the
elephants, the peacock and the rhinoceros, India’s wildlife is a delight for
nature lovers. The country’s climate and geographic diversity makes it the
home of over 350 mammals and 1200 bird species, many of which are unique to
the subcontinent. The total protected wilderness is approximately 140,000 sq.km, and constitutes 4% of India’s total land area.
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Name
of National Park, Sanctuary, State & District |
Area
and best time for visiting the Reserve |
Specially known for |
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Dachigam National
Park Jammu & Kashmir-Srinagar |
141 sq.kms April to
November |
Leopard, black
bear, brown bear, serow, musk deer, hangul |
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Corbett National
Park Uttar Pradesh-Nainital/ Garhwal |
520.82 sq.Kms
November to May |
Elephant, tiger,
panther, sloth, bear, nilgai, sambar, chital, wild boar, porcupine,
peafowl, red jungle fowl, Partridge, crocodiles, goral and chousingha. |
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Dudhwa National
Park Uttar Pradesh-Lakhimpur Kheri |
498.29 sq.kms
November to May |
Tiger, panther,
sloth,bear, sambar, swamp deer, chital, hog deer, barking deer nilgai,
peafowl, junglefowl, partridge, etc. |
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Sariska National
Park Rajasthan- Alwar |
765.80sq.kms All
the year except July, August & September |
Tiger, panther,
hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, nilgai, chowsingha, partridge, green
pigeon, red spurfowl, |
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Keoladeo Ghana
National Park- Rajasthan- Bharatpur |
28.73 kms 1st
October to end of February |
Siberian crane,
cormorant, stork, spoon bill, quail, coot, heron, teal, tern, sambar,
chital, blackbuck, wild boar, civet, etc. |
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Ranthambore
National Park Rajasthan, Sawai Madhopur |
392 sq.kms All the
year except July, August & September |
Tiger, panther,
hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chital, nilgai, bear, wild boar,
Partiridge, green pigeon, Red spurfowl etc. |
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Manas Tiger Reserve
Assam -Barpeta |
2840 sq.kms Nov. to
April |
Elephant, tiger,
panther, gaur, wild bufalo, rhino, golden langur, civer cat, otter,
swamp, deer, hog deer, sambar, pigmy hog, wild boar, great pied
hornbill, florican. |
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Kaziranga National
Park-Assam - Jorhat |
430 sq.kms Nov to
April |
Great Indian
one-homed rhino, wild buffalo, elephant, guar, leopard cat, wild boar,
civet, otter, swamp deer, sambar, tiger, python, pelican, partridge,
florican. |
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Bandhavgarh
National Park Madhya Pradesh-Shahdol |
105.40 sq.kms
November to June |
Tiger, panther,
gaur, chital sambar, nilgai, chinkara, barking deer, bear, wild boar and
a variety of upland birds. |
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Palamau Tiger
Reserve Bihar-Daltonganj |
1026 sq.km All the
year |
Elephant, panther,
wild boar, barking deer, gaur, chital, Sambar, peafowl, etc. |
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Kanha National Park
Madhya Pradesh-Mandla & Balaghat |
1945 sq.kms March
to June |
Tiger, panther,
gaur, barasingha, chital, sambar, blackbuck, chousingha,barking deer,
mouse deer,nilgai, wild dog, boar. |
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Gir National Park
and Sanctuary, Gujarat -Junagadh |
1412.13 sq.kms
December to mid June |
Asiatic lion,
panther, striped hyena, sambar, nilgai, chital, cchinkara, wild boar,
crocodile |
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Simlipal National
park Orissa-Mayurbhanj |
2200 sq.kms Winter |
Tiger, elephant,
gaur, chital, leopard, mouse deer, flying Squirrel and mugger. |
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Sunderbans National
Park West bengal-24 Parganas |
1330.10 sq.kms
September to May |
Tiger, different
species of deer wild boar, estuarine crocodile, Gangetic dolphin |
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Jaldapara Wildlife
Sanctuary West Bengal-Jalpaiguri |
100 sq.kms
October-May |
One horned rhino,
tigers, wild elephants, deer, swamp deer, hog deer, wild pig, birds,
peafowl etc. |
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Ranganthitoo Bird
Sanctuary Karnataka - Mysore |
27 sq.kms July to
August |
Openbilled stork,
white ibis, little egret, cattle egret, darter, cormorant, pond heron,
river, tern, spoon bill, crocodile etc. |
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Mudumalai Sanctuary
Tamil Nadu-The Nilgiris |
321 sq.kms February
to June |
Elephant, gaur,
chital, sambar, Mysore tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild dog etc. |
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