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1/ Deep within the jungles of Bandhavgarh, a centuries-old statue of Vishnu reclines beside a pond teeming with oxygen-producing cyanobacteria.
Called Shesh Shaiya by locals, it is believed to have been built by the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri.
1/ Deep within the jungles of Bandhavgarh, a centuries-old statue of Vishnu reclines beside a pond teeming with oxygen-producing cyanobacteria.
Called Shesh Shaiya by locals, it is believed to have been built by the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri.
2/ It is the only place in the whole forest that you are allowed to get off the vehicle and explore by foot.
Interestingly, the Bandhavgarh National Park derives its name from the most prominent fort of the area.
Interestingly, the Bandhavgarh National Park derives its name from the most prominent fort of the area.
3/ Legend has it that Rama gave this fort to his brother Lakshmana to keep a watch on Lanka, hence the name Bandhavgarh (Sanskrit for brother's fort). The 2,000-year-old fort, in ruins now, is on a flat-topped hill with rocky slopes as steep as the walls of a fort.
4/Various dynasties are recorded to have ruled from the Bandhavgarh fort, including the Kalachuris. With most of the fort being inaccessible now, it is the tigers that get to rule the Bandhavgarh Fort
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