{"id":95934,"date":"2026-04-01T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95934"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:26:37","slug":"kugti-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kugti-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a rare white female albino Himalayan \u2018tahr\u2019 has been recorded in the Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary at Bharmour in Chamba district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the second largest sanctuary located in <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> .<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It houses the <\/span><b>famous Manimahesh temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an attraction to thousands of pilgrims despite the difficult terrain and extreme cold conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a high-altitude sanctuary between <\/span><b>Ravi and Chenab rivers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is surrounded by <\/span><b>Dhauladhar Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on South-East direction and <\/span><b>Tundah Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the North-West direction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is at altitudes <\/span><b>ranging from 2,195 meters to 5,040 meters<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its vegetation consists of <\/span><b>Alpine Pasture, Western Mixed Coniferous Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Moist Deodar Forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to endangered species like the Ibex, Musk deer, Monal snow Cock, Pheasants, Himalayan Tahr, Red vented Bulbul, White Cheeked Bul Bul and so on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 The major floras available in the Sanctuary are deodara (Cedrus deodara), kail (Pinus wallichiana), spruce (Picea smithiana), silver fir (Abies pindrow), ban (Quercus semicarpofolia), pink burans (Rhododendron campanulatum), etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/himachal\/rare-albino-himalayan-tahr-spotted-in-chambas-kugti-wildlife-sanctuary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary is the second largest sanctuary located in Himachal Pradesh. 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