Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore National Park: Recently, Tiger Attack killed a seven-year-old boy near the Trinetra Ganesh temple in the Ranthambore National Park, located in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district.

• About Ranthambhore National Park: It is located at the junction (Great Boundary Fault) of the Aravalis and Vindhyan ranges in the state of Rajasthan.
• History: It was once a royal hunting ground for the Maharajas of Jaipur.
• Size and Importance: It is one of the largest tiger reserves in northern India and one of the best places in the country to monitor the tiger due to climatic and vegetational features.
• Rivers: The Rivers Chambal in the South and the Banas River in the North bound the tiger reserve.
• Cultural Heritage: Other structures like Ranthambore Fort, a World Heritage Site, is located within RTR.
• Vegetation: Includes Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous forests and Dry deciduous scrub.
• Flora: Pure stands of Dhok tree (Anogeissus pendula) interspersed with grasslands at the plateaus, and other species like Acacia, Capparis, Zizyphus and Prosopis species etc. are found here.
• Fauna: It consists of leopard, caracal, jungle cat, sambar, chital, chinkara, and wild boar.