Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary, India

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Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary

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Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary is located in East Godavari and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and Khammam district of Telangana, with an area of 591 km² (228 sq mi). Fauna found in this sanctuary are Tiger, Panther, Gaur, Cheetal, Chowsingha, Sambar, Black Buck, Mouse Deer, Barking Deer, Sloth Bear, Wild Dog, Hyena, Jackal, Wild Boar, Marsh Crocodile and a variety of birds.^[1]

The sanctuary is the best place to observe nature in her pious form. Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary covers 591square kilometers and is established in the years 1978. The sanctuary gives the wildlife to regenerate and develop.

Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary is located50 kms away from Rajamundry in the district of Khammam. The sanctuary represents the tropical forest on the eastern ghats of the India.

Papikonda Wildlife Sanctuary is not only the homeland of the animals but a wide variety of plants and shrubs grow and that make the vegetation of the place rich and vibrant. Trees like Tectona grandis, Tominalias, Tomentosa, Lagerstroemis Lanceolata, Albizzia and others can be easily locate in this wildlife sanctuary.

The undulating hills are the home ground of various wild cats like Tiger, Leopard. Apart from that, tourists can locate Spotted Deer, Antelopes, Sambar, Hyena, Sloth Bear, Muggers and Gharials. The ponds and the low lying water body’s fills with migratory birds and the ambience gets back its vivacity. Hills named Rekapalle in Khammam district make a wonderful backdrop for the beasts in the sanctuary.

This forest bears a mythological background as this forest was regarded as the kingdom of apes in Ramayana. The place was popularly named as Kishkindha.