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Of Tribal & Tiger\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

There is a huge assemblage of the tribal at the shrine of Taru, a legendary figure who sacrificed his life fighting a tiger. The assemblage at the shrine takes place during the Hindu month of Pausha.\u00a0 The shrine lies under a large tree at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and is venerated by one and all.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Photo Tadoba Tiger Reserve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The reserve was once ruled by the Gond Tribal worshippers of Lord Shiva and local deities. Like all indigenous people’s inclination for nature, nature worship is hence common among the tribal, but it is based on sound logic and promotes nature conservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For eons, since humans arrived or evolved on Earth, the locals have been living at Tadoba in perfect harmony with the tigers and other wild inhabitants. Man-animal conflict in tiger habitats of India is minimal and on most occasions accidental or due to rare cases of a mental aberration among wild animals.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Humans are injured or killed but the incidences are far less or negligible when compared with any other cause of death. At Tadoba humanity has engulfed the ecosystem, and there are frequent cases of infringement bringing the animals and man too close for comfort. However, the tourists are completely safe and can enjoy the tiger landscape on safari holidays and go back unscathed. Ha!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Tadoba Tiger Landscape (TATR) in Chaimur Hills<\/b><\/p>\n

TATR is an amalgamation of the Tadoba and Andhari forests near Chandrapur District in the State of Maharashtra. The Andhari River (Wainganga Basin) is the lifeline of the ecosystem along with many other wetlands. A large Tadoba Lake separates the forests from the farmlands in the southwest acting as a natural wall of protection from human interference.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Park is also a tiger reserve under Project Tiger a program to save the endangered big cats. But along with the conservation of the big cats, the ecosystem as a whole and all wild animals in a particular benefit the most. The area of the reserve is 625 sq. km plus, but a large extent of surrounding dense forests and scrub holds incredible wildlife and equally good sighting of tigers and leopards takes place outside the core.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tropical dry deciduous forests create a magical tapestry of green in the tiger landscape. Unlike Kanha and Bandhavgarh, Sal does not dominate here being a mixed forest, but Saj and its associates are found in abundance in areas with thick crown cover besides bamboo and grasslands.\u00a0 Harwood Teak dominates, but other species found here are semal<\/i>, dhawa<\/i>, bija<\/i>, jamun<\/i>, tendu<\/i>, tinsa<\/i>, ber<\/i>, pipal<\/i>, banyan<\/i>,\u00a0 mahua<\/i>, hirda<\/i>, gurar<\/i>, salai<\/i>, arjun<\/i>, palas<\/i> and karaya gum<\/i> to name a few.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the notable floral elements found here is kach katchauli<\/i> a climber that grows extensively in the park. It is used for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tiger Biodiversity Jewel at TATR\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Tiger! Well, for the uninitiated the mention always slithers down from fables, poems, songs, fictional stories, hunting books, myths, and lore.\u00a0 Projected as an oversized predator with huge claws, deadly long canines, and a nasty roar Grrrrrrr, the animal is also associated with magical power and unmatchable strength. We see it as a deadly man-killer or man-eater always after human blood. Shikaris or hunters always justified the mass killing of this predator on the basis described above.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Nothing stands far from the truth. The tiger is an apex predator part of forest and grassland ecosystems in India. It is a tertial carnivore along with the leopard and at some places like Nauradehi Tiger Reserve with the wolf. It is extremely wary of humans and in my experience frightened to the core.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We are not in the food chain of this apex predator excluded by the fright of the two-legged merciless creature that walks erect for ages.\u00a0 In preserves like Tadoba, a robust prey base is enough for the big cat to subsist on. All reserves in India focus on the prey base so large numbers of these predators can survive and live for eternity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Tiger at Tadoba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The prey base inhabiting the Tadoba is as follows;<\/p>\n