{"id":104553,"date":"2026-05-22T13:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104553"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:24:37","slug":"saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haryana&#8217;s first constellation garden has been developed at the Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary in the Seonsar forest area of Pehowa.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as the <\/span><b>Seonsar Forest,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located in the districts of Kaithal and Kurukshetra, in <\/span><b>Haryana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over an area of about 4452.85 hectares.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culturally and ecologically significant, the sanctuary is <\/span><b>tied to the mythical <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/saraswati-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saraswati River<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">believed to have flowed through the region.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is also home to <\/span><b>ancient archaeological remain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, with<\/span><b> bricks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found here <\/span><b>dating back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kushan-empire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kushan<\/a> and Gupta period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, suggesting the <\/span><b>area was inhabited over 1,500 years ago.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is also a<\/span><b> 400-year-old Water well <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made of small lakhauri bricks associated with the <\/span><b>Mughal empire era.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flora: The forest is characterized by &#8220;<\/span><b>tropical deciduous forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; vegetation, featuring dense clusters of Kikar, Neem, Shisham, and Peepal trees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a critical habitat for a variety of wildlife, including the<\/span><b> Blue Bull (Nilgai), Wild Boar, Spotted Deer, and the rare Hog Deer.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It hosts over <\/span><b>250 species of resident and migratory birds, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially during the winter months.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/india\/haryana-develops-constellation-garden-at-saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary-in-pehowa\/ar-AA23AFve?apiversion=v2&amp;domshim=1&amp;noservercache=1&amp;noservertelemetry=1&amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;wcseo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the districts of Kaithal and Kurukshetra, in Haryana. 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