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Prime Attraction
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Sariska is best known for
being Tiger country and home
to a Tiger Project Sanctuary set up in in the
former hunting grounds of the royal family of
Alwar. The romance of Sariska
is never ending. From the time the Buddhists
built their monasteries to the time the Pratiharas
rulers their temple and, closer down history,
to the time the Mughals set up their camps,
Sariska is wrapped in a tradition as old as
the Aravalli mountain ranges it is situated
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Prime Attractions
Sariska National Park
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| Located at Kankwari fort,
near Alwar on the Delhi-Jaipur
highway, the forest became a sanctuary in
1958, came under project tiger
in 1979 and became a national park in 1982.
This place is spread over an area of 788 sq
km with a core area of 474 sq km lies in the
Aravalli range. A dainty hunting lodge overlooks
the Silliserh lake running
at the edge of the reserve. |
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The fauna of this sanctuary
includes panther, jungle cat, jackal and
hyena. 35 tigers and 3
caracals were reported in the reports of
1985. Sambar, chital, wild boar, hare, nilgai
and porcupines are amongst the other animals
found here
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The avifauna of this place
is made up of pea fowl, gray partridge,
quail, sand grouse, tree pie, white breasted
kingfisher, golden-backed woodpecker, crested
serpent eagle and great Indian horned owl.
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The place is surrounded by magnificent ruins
scattered around it, adding to it's charm.
32 kms from this place are the Neelkanth temples
built in the 6-13 th century A.D. Amidst the
reserve is situated the ancient Kankwari Fort.
It is here that emperor Aurangzeb had once
held his brother Dara Shikoh under captivity.
A beautiful complex built in 1902 has been
converted into a hotel.
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