Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve previously known as Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park, was named after the river ‘Nagarahole’ which literally means ‘Serpent River’ (Nagara=Serpent; Hole=River) in the Kannada language. Nagarahole is an important Tiger Reserve in Karnataka and is a major hub of conservation under Project Tiger and Project Elephant. The protected area supports large gathering of carnivores and herbivores: tiger, leopard, Asiatic wild dog and sloth bear, Asiatic elephant, gaur, sambar, chital, muntjac, Four-horned antelope, wild pig, mouse deer, and South-western langur.
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