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MY Forest DIARY

BHitaRKaNiKa MaNGROvE FORESt cHitRaKOOt FORESt

The lush bhitarkanika Chitrakoot located in Madhya
Mangroves forests are Pradesh, is said to have been
located in Odisha. They visited by gods. The holy
were declared a National Trinity- brahma, Vishnu and
Park in 1998. This forest is shiva took their incarnations
a home to around 55 of in this forest. lord rama
india’s mangrove species! Illustration by: Vedanshi Tare, VI-L, along with his wife sita and
in 2006, it was recognised Delhi Public School, Sec 45, Gurgaon brother laxmana spent their
by the guinness book of exile in this forest. some of
world records for the world’s largest white crocodile, the great sages like Maharishi Markandeya , atri and
measuring up to about 23 feet. sarbhanga meditated here.
P. Bhuvaneswari, VIII, Kakinada Public School, Kakinada Harshit Bari, VII, Bhavan’s S. L. Public School, Amritsar
NiDHivaN (MaDHuvaN) FORESt SaRaNDa FORESt

The Nidhivan forest is located in Vrindavan, uttar saranda literally means ‘700 hills’. it is a dense forest in
Pradesh. it is believed that a temple in the Nidhivan the hilly region of west singhbum district of Jharkhand.
forest is visited by lord Krishna every night and he This area used to be a private hunting reserve of the
comes to the forest at night and performs rasleela. it is singh Deo family. sal is the most important tree in this
believed that the trees turn into Krishna’s gopis. forest.
Vanshika Sharma, IX-C, Bhatnagar International School, Delhi; Dia Bansal Anwesha Jha, V, Bridgeford School, Tupudana, Ranchi
& Ihina Yadav, V, Global Indian International School, Noida

NaiMiSHa FORESt My FORESt StORy

The Naimisha forest is one There is a hill forest near my village. On the top of the
of the ancient forests of hill there is shimhachalam Devasthanam – a temple of
india and is located on the lord sri Narasimha swamy. One day my grandmother
banks of river gomti, in shared a story: “Once upon a time a Tribal girl went to
uttar Pradesh. This forest is collect firewood along with her cattle. Few thieves stole
mentioned in the indian her cattle and threw her from the hill. but miraculously
epics like the Mahabharata Illustration by: Sri Ramaswami she survived. The grandmother said that it is because
and the Puranas. The Mudaliar Hr. Sec. School of the legendary plant - sanjeevani.
whole narration of
the Mahabharata took place at Naimisha Forest. P. Madhu Bhaskar, VIII, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Pendurthi,
Vishakapatnam
Vijaynath Lakshman, VIII, Kakinada Public School, Kakinada
aBuJMaRH
SaRiSKa WiLDLiFE SaNctuaRy
it is a hilly forest area in Chhattisgarh. it is spread over
The sariska wildlife sanctuary comprises of different the districts of Narayanpur, bijapur and Dantewada.
kinds of trees including Tendu, surwal, goria, Khair it is home to the indigenous tribes of the gond,
and ber. The Dhak is one of the most prominent trees Muria, abuj Maria and halbaas. it is geographically
in sariska. The reserve also houses the 16th-century isolated and accessing into this region continues to
Kankwadi Fort, originally built by Jai singh ii. The fort be difficult leaving it with no physical presence of civil
is located near the centre of the park. administration till date.
Gagandeep Kaur, Namisha Chittorya , Megha Verma IX , All Saints M. Aadhikesavan, Vidyaa Vikas Matric Higher Secondary School,
Senior Secondary School, Ajmer Pudukkottai

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