{"id":6191,"date":"2025-10-07T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6191"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T10:17:39","slug":"male-mahadeshwara-hills-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/male-mahadeshwara-hills-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another 12-year-old male tiger was brutally hunted, dismembered, and buried at Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary recently, four months after a previous poisoning incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located at the <\/span><b>intersection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-western-ghats-and-eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western and the Eastern Ghats <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and falls in the Chamarajanagara 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;\">It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2013.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>contiguous to Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, and the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s the home of the famous <\/span><b>Male Mahadeshwara Temple, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated to <\/span><b>Lord Shiva, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known here as Mahadeshwara.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Male Mahadeshwara Hills is<\/span><b> bound by the Kaveri River to the northeast <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and by the <\/span><b>Palar River to the south.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The forests of MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary are principally of the <\/span><b>dry deciduous type,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> degrading to scrub forest in the fringe areas, and are interspersed with <\/span><b>patches of moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> occurring at varying altitudes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Anogeissus latifolia, Boswellia serrata, Hardwikia binata and Chloroxylon swietenia etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is home to several animals, including<\/span><b> elephants, Indian bison, wild dogs, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leopards, foxes, sambars, spotted deer, and many species of birds. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is also a tiger habitat noted for its <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">increasing number of tigers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mysuru\/tiger-cut-into-pieces-found-in-mm-hills-sanctuary\/articleshow\/124295840.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of Karnataka and is known for its rich biodiversity and elephant population. 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