Keoladeo Ghana National Park
This area was originally called Ghana, which means dense forest and is now named after the Keoladeo Shiva temple in the centre of the park. It was established as a bird sanctuary, from a converted Maharaja’s hunting estates, in 1956. The Maharaja still had hunting rights until 1965. The park holds the dubious record of the largest number of birds (4,273) ever killed in one day (12 Nov 1938) by Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy and Governor General of India, and his party. By 1982 the Park became a National park and eventually became a World Heritage site recognized by UNESCO in 1985. It covers an area of 29sqkms. It contains over 375 species of birds belonging to 56 families, including Egrets, Darters, Cormorants, herons, painted storks with their colorful beaks and plumage, snake bird named after there unusual necks, white ibis and the eagerly awaited annual visits from the very rare Siberian Crane whose numbers have been decimated by poachers on their 6,400km migration route. If you are lucky you may see the elaborate mating dance of the Sarus Crane, the symbol of fidelity in Indian mythology. The park also has some mammals.
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Keoladeo Ghana National Park located in Bharatpur near Agra.
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