{"id":31351,"date":"2025-03-20T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31351"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:46:11","slug":"sagareshwar-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sagareshwar-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Sagreshwar wildlife sanctuary, located in the Sangli district, has 536 sambars and 295 cheetals (spotted deer), making the sanctuary one of the highest in deer population, especially among manmade wildlife sanctuaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the Sangli district of <strong>Maharashtra<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>India\u2019s first manmade wildlife sanctuary<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is an artificially cultivated forest <strong>without a perennial supply of water,<\/strong> and most of the <strong>wildlife species were artificially introduced.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has an area of 10.87 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary derives its name from an <strong>ancient Sagareshwar temple.<\/strong> The sanctuary houses numerous temples dedicated to Lord Shiva.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: The forests are <strong>southern dry mixed deciduous<\/strong> and <strong>southern thorn fores<\/strong>t.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>: Major flora includes <strong>Tamarind, Neem, Eucalyptus, <\/strong>Acacia, Agave, and Khair trees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>Large animals found in the sanctuary include s<strong>everal types of deer <\/strong>(Sambar Deer, Blackbucks, Muntjac, Chital) as well as <strong>wild boar <\/strong>and peacocks.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Small carnivores like <strong>hyena, fox, <\/strong>and porcupines are also found in the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Maharashtra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is unique about Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is India&#8217;s first manmade wildlife sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What type of vegetation is found in the Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Southern dry mixed deciduous and southern thorn forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolhapur\/study-high-population-of-deer-in-sagreshwar-wildlife-sanctuary\/articleshow\/119085961.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Maharashtra&#8217;s Sangli district, is a protected area known for its rich biodiversity and scenic beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31351","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=31351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}