Keoladeo Park Wetlands 03
by Werner Padarin
Title
Keoladeo Park Wetlands 03
Artist
Werner Padarin
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Keoladeo National Park wetland in early morning fog. The park (named after the Shiva temple within its boundary) was originally a natural depression. Maharaja Suraj Mal, the ruler of Bharatpur between 1726–1763, had it flooded by constructing a bund at the confluence of the Gambhir and Banganga rivers to become a hunting ground for the maharajas of Bharatpur. Duck shoots were organised for the British viceroys and in one shoot, in 1938, over 4,273 birds are reported to have been killed by Lord Linlithgow, then Governor-General of India. The park was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1976, a Ramsar site in 1981 and declared a National Park in 1982. That year grazing in the park was banned resulting in violent clashes between local villagers and the government. In 1985 the Park was declared a World Heritage Site under the world Heritage Convention.
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February 11th, 2018
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