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Mahua Kothi
Nestled in Central India among the picturesque Vindhya and Satpura ranges, Mahua Kothi is housed in one of India's most beautiful national parks, Bandhavgarh National Park. The dramatic landscape features tropical forests and woodlands, and steep rocky hills with flat grasslands in the valleys below. The reserve supports one of the highest densities of tigers on the Subcontinent. Its hilly open terrain includes many large grassland meadows that offer good chances of sightings. The Park is also home to a large variety of mammals: leopard, chital (spotted deer), Sambar deer, nilgai, wild boar, chinkara, sloth bear, rhesus macaque, grey langur, jungle cat, hyena, porcupine, jackal, fox, and wild dog. The name Mahua Kothi draws its inspiration from one of India's most beautiful trees, the Madhuca Indica, or as it is commonly known, the Mahua or butter tree. Pronounced 'ma-hoo-a', this tree with its fleshy off-white flowers plays a central role in festivals and rituals. |
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The year 2013 is a year of unpredictable weather. We were looking for a tiger in our afternoon jungle drive, but no one knew about the sudden rain and hailstorm that was about to happen. We got completely drenched by the rain and we saw this beautiful tigress sitting right on the safari track to cool down. Later on she went into the bushes and her 3 young...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Akash Panchbudhe, Date: 10 May 2013
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We had a wonderful sighting of a young male tiger this evening! After waiting for almost a hour and a half, we only saw a sounder of wild boar and we decided to head back to the lodge. Suddenly, we saw young male tiger walking on the dry riverbed, without any distress calls from the other animals. He walked into the water hole and started drinking, it...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Narayan Rangaswamy, Date: 1 April 2013
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We all know that the languors are one of the most social animals in the Jungle. We were driving towards the park, on the way our vehicle broke down, we had to wait for some time to get another vehicle, so nearby there was a troop of Languor’s were on the tree, feeding on Mahua flowers and the young ones were playing with each other. We enjoyed...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Narayan Rangaswamy, Date: 27 March 2013
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Today is one of those days that you see what you did not expect to see. I was driving from the main entrance of the gate, looking for a Blue Eyed male Tiger. I saw this bird and my guest was amazed to see it was so colorful! There were two of them on the rocky hill and very well camouflaged between the stones! We had a feast watching this bird instead of...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Narayan Rangaswamy, Date: 25 March 2013
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We saw a mother with three cubs! I was driving early in the morning between the rolling hills of Bandhavgarh National park. It was a little cold, however, the hot water bottle and blankets kept us warm! When we entered the meadow, we heard some distress calls of spotted deer and languor’s, In addition, that territory is dominated by of one of the...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Narayan Rangaswamy, Date: 24 March 2013
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What a wonderful animal to watch in the Indian jungles. Seeing them is always a surprise, but 4 together was just awesome.
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Allwyn D'souza, Date: 8 March 2013
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As soon as we entered the park, we saw one of the most colorful birds (and it is our Mahua Kothi star bird) a red jungle fowl! We heard some Distress call of chital (spotted deer) and common languor (monkey). We anticipated that a male tiger would come for water, because, according to the park patrolling guards, he made a kill in the morning. Therefore,...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Narayan Rangaswamy, Date: 4 March 2013
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Found this beautiful bird roosting on Sal tree.
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Raj Kishore Upadhayay, Date: 4 March 2013
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Bandhavgarh is known for some of the most ferocious tigers. But seeing a tigress with one eye and hunting for herself and her 3 sub adults cubs is really an interesting sight in the wild.
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Raj Kishore Upadhayay, Date: 2 March 2013
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After the successful relocation of gaur (baus gaurus) from Kanha National Park to Bandhavgarh National Park, everyone is so excited to see them moving around freely in the park. As we reached the Sukhi Patiha Grassland (Magdhi Zone2) we saw the big herd. There were around 15-16 adults and 3-4 young calves. Sightings of gaur is happening on a regular basis...
Posted: Mahua Kothi by Akash Panchbudhe, Date: 1 March 2013
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