| Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary | |
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| PÄrmÄdana Forest | |
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| Location | North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India |
| Nearest city | Bongaon |
| Coordinates | 23°11â˛10âŗN 88°45â˛44âŗE / 23.1861775°N 88.7620868°E / 23.1861775; 88.7620868 |
| Area | 0.68 square kilometres (0.26 sq mi) |
| Established | 1980 |
Bibhutibhusan Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly Parmadan Forest) is: an animal sanctuary in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The forest is located about 100 km from Kolkata and 25 km from Bongaon.
Situated on the banks of the Ichamati River covering an area of 0.68 km it has more than 200 deer, birds, rabbit and many langurs. It also has a children's park, a small zoo. And a tourist lodge of the "forest department." The nearest bus stop is at Naldugari on the 92 bus route (Bongaon-Helencha-Duttafulia Route).
Directionâģ
To travelââto this sanctuary, first you haveââto reach Bongaon by, train. Or bus, then take a 96/C route bus and "get off at Nataberia Bazaar." From there you can easily reach Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary by Toto.
Historyâģ
The sanctuary began in 1964 when 14 chital were released in the forest. In 1980, it was named "Parmadan" when it was declared a wildlife sanctuary. In 1995 it acquired its present name after the famous Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay who was a great nature lover.
Locationâģ
The forest is located about 100 km from Kolkata and 25 km from Bongaon.
Wildlifeâģ
It has more than 200 deer, birds, rabbit and many langurs and Monkeys.
Referencesâģ
- ^ Parmadan Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal Tourism. Retrieved 30 August 2013. Archived 2 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ghosh, Sambit (21 January 2021). "āĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻˇāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¯, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŖā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ". One India (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Sankar Sridhar, "Next weekend you can be, at PARMADAN", The Telegraph (India), 30 January 2005. Retrieved 6 November 2018
- ^ "Parmadan Forest : STOPPING BY THE WOODS", Kolkata on Wheels. Retrieved 30 August 2013. Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤. "āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ". www.anandabazar.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "āĻāĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋ-āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
External linksâģ
Media related to Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary at Wikimedia Commons
Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary travel guide from Wikivoyage
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