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Subject: [Leica] Bandhavgarh People
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:51:38 +0530
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Thanks to everyone for looking and commenting.

Two replies - Philippe, the caves are within Bandhavgarh National Park,
which itself came into being as a private hunting preserve of the local
king, and as such these caves were really advance lookout points for his
army - they are basic and functional. Both Bandhavgarh and Ranthambhore have
huge hilltop forts that dominate the skyline - this is from Ranthambhore,
which was the Maharaja of Jaipur's hunting preserve, though the fort dates
from long before that, also from the 10th Century. In fact the whole of
Ranthambhore is dotted with ruins, and the whole of Bandhavgarh with
abandoned caves and temples:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayanand/4492903144/in/set-72157623648855343/



Akhil, even as of now, no one is allowed into the 'core' area of the
wildlife parks in India - the 'tourist' area, on average, constitutes around
20% of the demarcated area. BTW, less poaching takes place in the tourist
area (too many eyes) - but the tigers also get used to the human presence,
which is not good when confronted with poachers. Most parks have limits on
the number of vehicles allowed daily, and a 'route' system to distribute
them throughout the park, but they do not work very well, especially in
small parks like Bandhavgarh. Poisoning of tigers that raid domestic
livestock just outside the parks is probably as much of a threat to their
existence. The last such incident, as reported by a close friend and
hotelier in Ranthambhore - while you are there take a look at his photo
gallery, he is a very good wildlife photographer:

http://www.dickysingh.com/



Cheers
Jayanand


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