{"id":12647,"date":"2026-04-20T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:03:50","slug":"anamalai-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/anamalai-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Anamalai Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Anaimalai Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An elderly woman who went missing from her home was found dead in the Manampally forest range of the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Anaimalai Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the Anamalai Hills of Pollachi and Coimbatore District of <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies <\/span><b>south of the Palakkad gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Southern Western Ghats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded by the <\/span><b>Parambikulum Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the east, <\/span><b>Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eravikulam-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Eravikulum National Park<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the southwestern side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reserve is also surrounded by the Nenmara, Vazhachal, Malayattur, and Marayur reserved forests of Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was declared a tiger reserve in the year 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is inhabited by <\/span><b>six indigenous communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> viz., Kadar, Muduvar, Malasar, Malai malasar, Eravalar and Pulayar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It supports diverse habitat types, viz. Wet evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, dry thorn, and shola forests. Other unique habitats like montane grasslands, savannah and marshy grasslands are also present.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reserve is rich in wild relatives of cultivated species like mango, jackfruit, wild plantain, ginger (Zingiber officinale), turmeric, pepper (Piper longum), cardamom, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The important wild animals of the reserve include: Tiger, Asiatic elephant, Sambar, Spotted deer, Barking deer, Jackal, Leopard, Jungle cat, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/coimbatore\/elderly-woman-found-dead-in-anaimalai-tiger-reserve-wild-animal-attack-suspected\/articleshow\/130377325.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anaimalai Tiger Reserve is located in the Anamalai Hills of Pollachi and Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu. 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