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Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary

Kumari Sonali

Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary:

A rarest of rare weather phenomenon- the collision of two cyclones- has been found to have caused flattening of thousands of trees in the Eturnagaram wildlife sanctuary in Mulugu district.

  • Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary is located near the border of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana in the village of Eturnagaram, a tribal village in Mulugu district of Telangana.
  • It is located 100 km from Warangal and 250 km from Hyderabad.
  • It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1952 by Hyderabad Nizam Government.
  • It is spread over an area of around 806 sq. km.
  • It has a water source called Dayyam Vagu, which separates the sanctuary into two parts.
  • River Godavari also passes through it
  • This sanctuary provides shelter to Tiger, Leopard, Panther, Wolf, Wild Dogs, Jackals, Sloth Bear, Chousingha, Black Buck, Nilgai, Sambar, Spotted Deer and Four Horned Antilope etc.
  • The plethora of water in the sanctuary is attributed to the presence of reptiles like the famous Mugger crocodiles and snakes like the Cobra, Python and Krait.
  • The famous Sammakka-Saralamma Temple is situated inside the sanctuary.

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