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Bharatpur Bird
Sanctury
One of the finest bird parks in the world,
Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or Keoladeo Ghana Natiuonal Park is a reserve
that offers shelter to faunal species as well. Nesting indigenous
water- birds as well as migratory water birds and waterside birds,
this sanctuary is also inhabited by Sambar, Chital, Nilgai and Boar.
The area was declared a national park on 10 March 1982, and accepted
as a World Heritage Site in December 1985.
More than 300 species of birds resides in this small wildlife park of
29-sq-kms of which 11-sq-kms are marshes and the rest scrubland and
grassland. Keoladeo, the name derives from an ancient Hindu temple,
dedicated to Lord Shiva, which is situated at the centre of the park.
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