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Day 9 - 7^th Oct 2012

Bharatpur-Keoladeo National Park

Took a bus from the Highway near Fatehpur City and reached my next destination Keoladeo National Park which was just 23 kms away.

There was no Cloak room and for the sake of my backpack I preferred a rickshaw ride to explore the…

Sorry for being awol for some time. Back now with a series on Orissa/Odisha - which will be on my path when i do the East coast ride next month.

Barkul - This weekend retreat is about 100km from the Orissa capital, Bhubaneswar. It is nestled on the banks of Chilika lake, the world’s second largest lagoon. In the winter, birds from as far as the Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Aral Sea and other remote parts of Russia, the Kirghiz steppes of Mongolia, central and southeast Asia, Ladakh and the Himalayas come here. It is also very close to Rushikulya beach which is famous as the nesting ground for the endangered Olive ridley turtles.

Pulicat lake is the second largest brackish water lake or lagoon in India. 

This area on the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border is a lesser known tourism destination. The lake encompasses the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary. It is also very close to Sriharikota island, which houses the Satish Dhawan Space Center - if you are there at the right time, you might just see a rocket launch!

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Peacock is the national bird of India. In Hinduism, the Peacock is associated with Lakshmi, a deity representing benevolence, patience, kindness, compassion and good luck. In Christianity, the peacock is an ancient symbol of eternal life.

anox:

Previously

India Through A Birder’s Eyes

From the cold lakes of the Himalayas to the sand dunes of western Rajasthan to the tropical rain forests in the south, India hosts a dizzying variety of birds, like a dizzying variety of everything else. Residents and visitors, common and rare, more than 1,200 species have been recorded in India, which puts it somewhere between the United States (just under 900 recorded species) and Colombia (more than 1,800 species).

via India Through a Birder’s Eyes - NYTimes.com

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