{"id":11090,"date":"2026-02-19T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11090"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:34:35","slug":"bandhavgarh-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bandhavgarh-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently directed the Field Director of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to submit a detailed report on recent tiger fatalities in the reserve and surrounding areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Umaria district of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is spread over the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vindhya-range\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vindhya hills<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>derives its name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><b>most prominent hillock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the area, which was said to be <\/span><b>given by <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hindu<\/span><b> Lord Rama to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his brother <\/span><b>Lakshmana to keep a watch on Lanka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Hence the name <\/span><b>Bandhavgarh (Sanskrit: Brother\u2019s Fort).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topography: Varies between steep ridges, undulating forests, and open meadows.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve features around <\/span><b>39 caves with Pali inscriptions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and animal depictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also contains <\/span><b>ancient structures,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including <\/span><b>stupas and statues from the 1st century BCE.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vegetation of Bandhavgarh is specially filled with <\/span><b>Sal forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the valleys, and <\/span><b>bamboo stretches <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the lower slopes of the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the most famous floral species include Saj, Dhaora, Tendu, Arjun , Amla, Palas, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 known to have one of the<\/span><b> highest density of tigers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also hosts other notable mammals such as <\/span><b>leopards, Indian bison<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (gaur), <\/span><b>sambar deer,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spotted deer, nilgai, wild boar, sloth bears, Indian wolves, jackals, and both langur and rhesus macaque monkeys.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has over 250 bird species, including the crested<\/span><b> serpent eagle, Malabar pied hornbill,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> white-rumped vulture, and Indian roller.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianmasterminds.com\/news\/mp-high-court-bandhavgarh-tiger-deaths-report-2026-186337\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IM<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. 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