{"id":10652,"date":"2025-08-11T11:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10652"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:59:44","slug":"biligiri-rangaswamy-temple-tiger-reserve-brt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/biligiri-rangaswamy-temple-tiger-reserve-brt\/","title":{"rendered":"Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve (BRT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two prominent religious institutions and two businessmen are among those served eviction notices in the Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the\u00a0 <\/span><b>BR Hills (Biligirirangana Hills)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Chamarajanagar District of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unique Bio-geographical habitat is in the middle of the <\/span><b>bridge between Western and Eastern ghats<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over an area of 574.82 sq.km. and lies at an elevation of 5,091 feet above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve gets its<\/span><b> name from Biligiri,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning \u201c<\/span><b>white rocky cliff,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>home to the ancient Rangaswamy Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> dedicated to Lord Vishnu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also believed that the<\/span><b> hill range gets its name due to white mist and silvery clouds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which cover these lofty hills for a greater part of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a tribal community living within the tiger reserve known as the <\/span><b>Soliga tribe.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soligas was the <\/span><b>first tribal community living inside a tiger reserve and getting their forest rights recognised by a court<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a judgment in 2011.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0 It is covered with a variety of species of plant life, including <\/span><b>scrub, dry deciduous, moist deciduous, shola forests, and montane grasslands.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The major species include <\/span><b>Anogeissus latifolia, Dalbergia paniculata, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grewia teliaefolia, Terminalia alata, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia paniculata, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Animals including <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">tiger, elephant, leopard, wild dog, bison, sambar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spotted deer, barking deer, four-horned antelope, sloth bear, wild boar, common langur, bonnet macaque, varieties of reptiles, birds, etc., are found in the Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/bengaluru\/notice-to-religious-bodies-over-tiger-reserve-encroachments-3674781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve, in Karnataka\u2019s Chamarajanagar district, is known for rich biodiversity, wildlife conservation, and scenic beauty. 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