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Sariska is large home for different kinds of wild species.
Forests of Sariska include deciduous trees and wild animals
and birds. Sariska also gives shelter for various local and
migratory birds. Sariska is situated at the bottom of Aravali
hills. Sariska is a National Park and wildlife sanctuary.
Bird watchers love this place because of the large variety
of birds in the forest. It is another green place in Rajasthan.
In Sariska you will find beauties of nature. In ancient time
Sariska was under the patronage of Alwar royal family. It
was their private place for hunting. In 1958 it became a bird
sanctuary and in 1979 it was entered into the Project Tiger
of Indian Government.
Sariska which is 200 km away from Delhi is now uplifted
to the status wildlife sanctuary from a mere bird sanctuary.
This is because the forest of Sariska is thronged with number
of wild animals. Some of them are spotted deer, tigers, chital,
chausingha, jungle cats, hyena, wild boars, and rhesus monkeys.
You can see here a range of birds such as partridges, tree
pies, woodpeckers, crested serpent eagle, peafowl, Great Indian
horned owl, spoonbills, barn owls, babblers, starlings, stints,
quails, pelicans, buntings, finches, minivets, plovers, kites,
swallows, kingfishers.
Other than forests there are various other attractions in
Sariska. There is Kankarwari Fort which is isolated and damaged.
This fort becomes the shelter for wild animals. Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb imprisoned his brother Dara Shikoh in this fort.
In Sariska there is a ruin of an old Shiva Temple. There is
also a beautiful lake called Siliserh Lake in Sariska.
How to Reach Sariska
You can easily reach to Sariska from Jaipur by road. It
just 2 hours drive from Jaipur.
TouristPlacesRajasthan.com
provides information about Sariska
Tours Guide.
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