Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve, The Only Home in The Wild for the Rare Black Tiger
On a sunny winter day in 1975, forest officials along with two foreign tourists were touring the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, when...
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Simlipal’s Famous Black Tiger Found Dead
In tragic news coming out of Odisha's Simlipal National Park (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, one of its famous and rare pseudo-melanistic black tigers has died...
Black Tigers & Ancient Temples Put Odisha’s Mayurbhanj On Global Tourist Map
World renowned Time Magazine's list of 50 World's Greatest Places of 2023 had two entries – Ladakh and Mayurbhanj. Ladakh has been a popular choice...
‘Mother, I have Become a Collector’
Despite crushing poverty, Mr. Rajesh Patil nursed the burning ambition of becoming a civil servant. Beating all odds, he became an IAS officer in 2005,...
