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The Keoladeo The park was created about 250 years ago
National Park when the local ruler recognized the potential
of the area and by diverting water from the
irrigation canal, succeeded in converting it into
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one of the richest wetland habitats in the world.
India has dozens of national parks but few The park nowadays is one of the world’s prime
can compare the diversity and beauty of the bird-breeding and feeding grounds which has put
Keoladeo National Park, situated by the peaceful it in the list of UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
town of Bharatpur. Despite being one of the under the World Heritage Convention.
smallest parks in Inida, it attracts more than By virtue of being one of the best bird
360 species of birds and is home of many other watching sites in Asia, more than 100 000
animal and floral species. The 29 sq. km. reserve visitors - half of whom foreign tourists, come
is locally known as Ghana because of the dry to Keoladeo every year. Undoubtedly Keoladeo
grasslands and thick woodlands, while the name Ghana National park is one of the best ways to
Keoladeo comes from the Shiva temple within its experience and gain knowledge of the wildlife of
boundaries. India.