Wednesday 23 November 2011

Bandipur Natlonal Park

Bandipur   Natlonal  Park

The Bandipur National Park of Karnataka is a beautiful forest reserve of southern India. This was established with the aim of conserving the nature and its resource. In 1930, the present Bandipur National Park was Maharaja Wodiyar’s hunting land which was converted into Venugopal Wildlife Park. Later in the year 1941, the park was expanded to the nearby Nagarahole National Park and named as the Bandipur National Park.
Now this National Park of Karnataka is a part of the vast Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve which is considered as the extensive tracts of protected forest in India. In the year 1973, this was declared as the Tiger Reserve of India. Now it is the best managed Tiger Reserve of India.