{"id":30058,"date":"2025-02-12T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T05:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30058"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:23:03","slug":"brahmagiri-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmagiri-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The state government&#8217;s move to build a village for tribals in the buffer zone of Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary has raised questions over their safety, besides concerns over fueling wildlife conflicts.<\/p>\n<h2>About Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is nestled in the <strong>Western Ghats<\/strong> in the Kodagu district of <strong>Karnataka<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It covers an area of about 181 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary gets its name from the highest point, the <strong>Brahmagiri peak<\/strong>, which is 1607 m in height.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers<\/strong>: The <strong>Lakshmana Tirtha<\/strong> River originates in the sanctuary and is a <strong>tributary of the Cauvery River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Terrain<\/strong>: The area is generally of undulating terrain with several steep valleys and hillocks.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The primary vegetation of the sanctuary includes <strong>evergreen and semi-evergreen<\/strong> forests, <strong>shoal forest patches in grasslands, and bamboos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>surrounded by coffee and cardamom plantations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>It is the home of the <strong>lion-tailed macaque,<\/strong> which is a rare and endangered species.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tiger, elephants, bonnet macaque, common langur,<\/strong> barking deer, mouse deer, Malabar giant squirrel, <strong>giant flying squirrel, <\/strong>and Indian Gaur are the big mammals commonly found here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. In which state is Brahmagiri located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Brahmagiri is located in the state of Karnataka.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the Speciality of Brahmagiri hills?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Brahmagiri Hills are a part of the Western Ghats and are known for their scenic beauty, biodiversity, trekking trails, and religious significance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which river flows from Brahmagiri?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Lakshmana Tirtha River (tributary of the Cauvery River) originates from the Brahmagiri Hills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/concerns-raised-over-proposal-to-build-tribal-village-close-to-brahmagiri-wildlife-sanctuary-3399311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary is nestled in the Western Ghats in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","7":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}