Rapid Fire
`Bandipur Tiger Reserve
- 23 Nov 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, the government has imposed restrictions on the annual jatara (last Monday of Kartika month) of Beladakuppe Sri Mahadeshwaraswamy Temple which is in the core area of Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR).
- The temple is situated within the Hediyala range of BTR, a protected area for wildlife.
- Tiger reserves are constituted using a core and buffer conservation method.
- The core area is free of all human use while the buffer area has conservation oriented land use.
- About BTR (Karnataka):
- BTR is a key component of the Western Ghats landscape, which houses 1/8th of the world's tiger population.
- It is part of the Bandipur, Nagarahole, Wayanad, Mudumalai, and Sathyamangalam Tiger Landscape, which spans across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
- It forms a crucial part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the first Biosphere Reserve in India (1986).
- The reserve is part of the Mysore Elephant Reserve, home to the world's largest population of Asian Elephants.
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