Friday, March 19, 2010

Madhav National Park

There are several National Parks in Madhya Pradesh. Prominent among them are: Kanha National Park, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhav National Park. Since it is required minimum 1 day time to enjoy the wildlife, landscape we had not planned our time for the park in this trip.

Madhav National Park established in 1958 is 156 sq. km in area. This park is open
through out the year. The forest here is dry forest across the hilly region and flat grasslands around the lakes. The animals most seen in the park are Deer, nilgai, Sambar, Antelope, Blackbuck, Leopard, Langur. Apart from these there are other animals like Tiger, Heyna are also present here.

We got a glimpse of wildlife while boating in the lake on the edge of National Park. The above shot is taken while boat is moving.

49 comments:

http://graceolsson.com/blog said...

very nice capture....the reflection its simply poetic...
congrasts
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jabblog said...

Glorious! I guess you count yourself lucky to see any of the animal inhabitants. Leopards? Wow!!

Joe Todd said...

National Parks are my favorite

Kirigalpoththa said...

Looks like a great park..We have many parks in Sri Lanka but we do not get animals like Tiger, Antelope and Hyena..

Joseph Pulikotil said...

Hi Rajesh:)

Beautiful photo of the dear drinking water. The surroundings are just fantastic.

I see frequent advertisements saying that tiger population in India is declining.

Madhya Pradesh is a wonderful place.

Your write up was very interesting.

Have a nice day Rajesh:)
Joseph

Ebie said...

I'd love to see the wild animals in their natural habitat. A nice place for photo opportunity!

Johnny Nutcase said...

sounds and looks like a pretty great place to spend some time!

Tania said...

What a beauty!
Wish you a nice weekend:-)

Jossie said...

Beautiful picture. Wildlife in your national parks is amazing.

magiceye said...

would be fun to spend some time there

penny said...

You must of enjoy spotting the wildlife on the boat ride. Nice capture, Rajesh.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Great photo, R... It almost looks like a painting. I'd love to visit that National Park. BUT--I'd hate to be walking there ---or spending the night in that park. Yipes!!!!!! I'd love it--as long as I was in a vehicle or boat!!!! ha

Thanks for sharing.
Betsy

Greener Bangalore said...

That place is the snap look so exotic Rajesh and as usual a very informative post

Carol said...

I would love to see this National Park! Beautiful photo and reflection.

James said...

What a great capture. I'm always happy to photograph wildlife and a reflection just makes it better.

Trotter said...

Hi Rajesh! I have to make a list of the places you show here for my next trip to India; but the list is going to be too loooooong... ;))

Blogtrotter 2 has moved to the Cayman Islands. Enjoy and have a great weekend!!

Unknown said...

Wow, would have been quite an experience.

Regina said...

Amazing one!

Carletta said...

It almost looks like an oasis!

Thanks for dropping by my blog.

Phivos Nicolaides said...

National parks are so important in all respects!

Anya said...

I wish I could visit it :)
Looks wonderful .....
(Thanks for the information !!)

Suburban Girl said...

Live the warm colors in this shot.

Kat said...

Beautiful capture! How exciting to be able to photograph these beautiful animals. Kathy

Jeevan said...

Brilliant snap rajesh! Visiting national parks are wonderful and it help us learning about wildlife and forest, but we should be there never disturbing the nature.

Anonymous said...

You are opening my eyes to what India is like. I've always thought it was like the cities, crowded with people. It's interesting to see that India is far more than that.

Hilda said...

Lovely reflection on the water, but it's the animals in the park that are so much more beautiful. I hope that you will always be able to preserve that space for them.

Melissa B. said...

Love this reflection. Bravo!

Unknown said...

I've only visited a National Park in India: Bharatpur. It was quite nice and I saw a bunch of animals there.

Chubskulit Rose said...

great snapshot!

My Camera Critters post, have a nice Saturday morning.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Rajesh: Wonderful colors on the deer. I wish you could have gotten closer.

Jane Hards Photography said...

It is such a peaceful, graceful image.

Zuzana said...

Beautiful shot, it is nice to see natural images on your blog as well. I really enjoyed this post.;)
xo
Zuzana

Diane AZ said...

Lovely image! I enjoy learning about the wildlife in your area. Have a great weekend!

Rakesh Vanamali said...

Awesome! I hope to visit there someday!

eileeninmd said...

It is wonderful that India has national park to visit and see the wildlife.

Snap said...

Beautiful. Love the reflection!

eden said...

Great capture. What a beautiful experience to see such animals in the wild.

Beth Niquette said...

Such a lovely setting--perfect, in fact.

Patti said...

I learn a lot when I visit you! I had never even heard of half of those animals you mentioned.

Lovely scene you captured here.

LadyFi said...

Too sweet!

Anonymous said...

How fascinating! We would not even have this many animals in a zoo Australia. We do have lots of kangaroos, though. Perhaps I will post some photos for you.

Serendipity said...

Beautiful. Well done taking it from a moving boat!

Sylvia K said...

Lovely capture as always, Rajesh! It must indeed be great to see animals in the wild!! Hope you've had a great weekend! Have a good week ahead!

Sylvia

wanderlust said...

Wow, beautiful. I want to go too!

Coffeeveggie addict. said...

beautiful sh0t and great capture of that animal.

A Wild Thing said...

Beautiful, but I'm a little leery when the word man-eater comes up...ha!

Rajesh said...

Olsson, Janice, Joe, Joseph, Ebie, Kirigalpoththa, Johnny, Spiderdama, Jossie, magiceye, Pam, Greener, Trotter: Thanks for the appreciation.

Betsy: Thanks. Here the ride through National Parks mostly happen through covered vehicles.

Carol: Thanks, you are most welcome to this place.

Evelyn, Regina, Carletta, Phivos, Anya, Rebecca, mbkatc230, Jeevan, Melissa, JM, Rose, Babooshka, Diane, eileeninmd, Snap: Thanks for the appreciation.

Stine: Thanks: India has very rich culturally and has lot to offer.

Hilda: Thanks, we are trying our best to preserve the place for these animals. But man is very greedy.

Eden, Beth, LadyFi, Patti, momijitomitsukoshi, Serendipity, Sylvia, wanderlust, Repose, Coffeeveggie: Thanks for the appreciation.

Fishing Guy: Thanks, the boat did not go closer, as the deer could have gone from the place.

Protege: Thanks, I will try to post more images of nature in India.

Rakesh: Thanks, it is a nice place to visit.

Willard said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I enjoyed visiting yours. Beautiful photos and informative posts.

Rajesh said...

Willard: Thanks for the appreciation.