Information About Kanha

Attraction :
The epitome of Kipling country, with forests of sunlight and shadows, myriad streams, rolling meadows and all the wildlife imaginable. Home to one of the world's most endangered deer - the Hardground Barasingha - this amazing National Park helped pioneer the advent of scientific conservation management in India. It is justifiably held out as one of Project Tiger's star success stories. Virtually everyone who visits Kanha comes away moved by its magnificent diversity.

Terrain : Kanha lies to the east of the Central Indian highlands (that stretch east-west across Madhya Pradesh) in the Maikal hills of the ancient Satpura mountain range. Its flat-topped hills (500-1,000 m) support grassy meadows, or maidans. Well-watered valleys, rich with forests, ascend in steps from west to east. The river Sulkum, a tributary of the Banjar, flows through Kanha and is its principal source of water.

Kanha is one of the few Indian wildernesses reminiscent of the vast African veldt, where grasslands permit total visibility and herds of animals can be spotted from relatively great distances. Most Indian jungles are more closed, and such sightings are otherwise difficult. The cordon of hills that surround it are the result of ancient volcanic activity and are densely forested.

The Banjar and Halon Valley forests form the western and eastern halves of Kanha. The low-lying Banjar valley floods over in the rains, leaving behind rich soils. The southern source of the mighty and now controversial Narmada River lies in the Maikal hills.

History : The state of Madhya Pradesh, geographically the heartland of India.