Karera Wildlife Sanctuary :India February 15, 2006
Karera Bird Sanctuary is located in Madhya Pradesh and is about 55 kilometres from Shivpuri. was once the summer capital of the Scindia rulers of Gwalior. Karera Bird Sanctuary is a bird watcher’s delight. The sanctuary is famous for its celebrity inhabitant Indian bustard and is believed to be last refuge of this bird. The studies conducted on the Indian bustard here have revealed that there are three type of bustards found in the sanctuary. The three types of bustards you may come across are Indian bustard, bearded bustard and colored bustard.
The thorny open country of the Karera Sanctuary houses the haughty Great Indian Bustard and the equally snooty blackbuck. But blackbucks and bustards are not the only wildlife that roams Karera. There are many other varieties of birds and animals that have made it their habitat. The Dihaila Jheel here plays host to many migratory birds.
The town of Shivpuri at a distance of 55 km from Karera still maintains its old world charm. Its royal past still lives in the form of its majestic palaces, hunting lodges, and exquisitely adorned chhatris (cenotaphs) built by the Scindia’s.
Jhansi at a distance of around 44 km off Karera is the nearest railway station. Jhansi is a major railway hub connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai and many more cities in India by several good trains.
The status of the Karera is that of the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary and it was notified in 1981 as a sanctuary. The vegetation is riverine and swamp with mixed deciduous forests. Ber bushes and other wild plants are found in abundance. There are no trees except acacia throughout this forest.
- Posted in : Wild Life in India, Wildlife Sanctuaries
- Author : seo4india
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