Nanda Devi National Park is located near to Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain peak in India with an altitude of 7,817 metres in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India and has some of the most unique high altitude flora and fauna in the world. The park covers an area of 630 square kilometres. The national park was set up jn 1982 and has been declared a World Heritage Site by the Unesco in 1988. Historical background The Westerners had reached the Nanda Devi region long ago. In 1883, a person called W W Garden had reached here en route his expedition to the Nanda Devi but it was largely a failed effort. In the mid 1930s, after Tilman and N E Odell explored and scaled the Nanda Devi and opened the route before the rest of the world, others began to frequent  [...]

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (formerly known as Anamali Wildlife Sanctuary) is located south of the Anamalai Hills extending to the Pollachi, Vaalparaai and Udumalpet taluks in Coimbatore district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India. The park is named after Indira Gandhi, the late prime minister of India, who paid a visit to the area in 1961. The park, which was set up in 1976, is also called ‘Topslip’, a village in the park and also its main visitor centre. The name ‘Topslip’ has come from the old local practice of rolling down teak timber logs from over the hills. The park is spread over an area of 958 square kilometers and is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The park features various water  [...]