India Festival Souvenir Book-2008 (Part 2)

National Parks of India...Continued from page 43logs comes to our mind. You will experienceboth here. It has unique flora and beautifulswamplands with abundance of water liliesand lotus. In Airing, the rhinos, the elephantsand other wild life wander freely so at everystep you may come across varied species offauna. It has many varieties of snakes includingRock Pythons. Park is located on bank ofBrahmaputra so you have choice of river rafting,fishing etc. The park, although flat innature, is set against a backdrop of hills. Thetea gardens of Hathkhuli, Difalu are alsoworth visiting. Assam has bewildering tribalculture. You will see why we say India haslots of diversity.Bandipur National ParkThe Bandipur National Park is establishedby him Mysore maharaja in 1931 in foothills• Interventional toAlternative Management• Spinal cord stimulation• Acupuncture• Nerve conduction study/EMG• At Trinity Professional CenterGRANDOPENING!FREE SCREENINGTired of drugs? Trying to avoid surgery?Failed back syndrome?THE SOLUTIONS IS HERE!of the Nilgiris. It is 80 km from Mysore andsimilar distance from Ooty. BandipurNational Park in Karnataka became one ofthe first of India’s Tiger Reserves and southernmostof the nine reserves for project tiger.Park is rich with teaks, rosewood, bamboos,Mathis and famous sandalwoods. It has opendry jungle to tropical mixed deciduous jungles.This park is haven for wildlife loversGir Forest National ParkLast I would like to talk about Gir forestNational Park. I have special attachment forthis park because Iam originally fromthis area. The Girnational park issituated in thewestern state ofGujarat. It got itsnational park statusin 1965. It isfamous for itsAsiatic lions. AnAsiatic lion whichwas once acrossthe Asian continentis now foundonly in Gir forest which covers 1412.13 sq.kms. There are 6 routes in park. Sasan area ismain place to see lions. Gir does not havedense forest and mainly consists if dry deciduous,thorny and scrub type of vegetation.Within the lion sanctuary, there are numeroussettlements of maldharis. There are niceplaces for pilgrimage and sulphur springs atTusi Shyam and Kankai Mata. Gujarat statetourism has nice tour packages.With journey to these parks I hope you gotglimpses of National Parks in India. A total of166 National Parks have been authorized. Soduring your next visit to India enjoy wild lifeand diverse culture of India“Suffering opens the eyes of understanding” 45