Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve
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Source- This post on the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve has been created based on the article “BR Hills-bound vehicles to pay token green tax” published in “Economic Times” on 10 July 2024.

Why in the news?

The Karnataka Forest Department has recently started collecting a green tax from vehicles entering BR Hills through BRT Tiger Reserve.

About Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve

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AboutThe BRT Tiger Reserve is located in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka State.
The reserve is named after the “Biligiri,” a white rocky cliff that has a temple of Lord Vishnu, locally known as Rangaswamy.
The BRT Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2011.
Gographical LocationThis unique bio-geographical entity is situated between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats in South India.
It was established as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1974.
VegetationThe forests are mainly of the dry deciduous type.
They are interspersed with moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen, and shola patches at varying altitudes.
FloraMajor species include Anogeissus latifolia, Dalbergia paniculata, Grewia teliaefolia, Terminalia alata, Terminalia bellirica, and Terminalia paniculata.
FaunaThe Tiger Reserve is home to a variety of animals including tigers, elephants, leopards, wild dogs, bisons, sambars, spotted deer, barking deer, four-horned antelopes, sloth bears, wild boars, common langurs, bonnet macaques, and various reptiles and birds.

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