{"id":363417,"date":"2026-05-23T15:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363417"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:20:49","slug":"saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Haryana&#8217;s first constellation garden, named \u2018Nakshatra Vatika&#8217;, has been developed at the Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.faunajournal.com\/up\/graphics\/65\/8a.1_clip_image002.jpg?resize=432%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuar\" width=\"432\" height=\"326\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> is located between <strong>two districts (Kurukshetra and Kaithal) of Haryana.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>established<\/strong> as a wildlife sanctuary in <strong>1988.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It holds the distinction of being the<strong> third-largest forest in Haryana.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Area:<\/strong> It occupies an area of <strong>11,003 acres<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>River associated:<\/strong> The<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rejuvenation-work-of-saraswati-river\/\"><strong> Saraswati River<\/strong><\/a> is historically and mythologically believed to have <strong>flowed through the sanctuary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> The climate of the area is <strong>subtropical, semi-arid type<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation:<\/strong> The vegetation is categorized as a <strong>Subtropical deciduous forest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> Its rich plant life, featuring numerous <strong>trees, shrubs, and herbs<\/strong>, provides a thriving ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> It is home to diverse wildlife such as <strong>wild boars, spotted deer, wild cats, snakes, Nilgai, monkeys, owls and various migratory bird species.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Archaeological importance:\u00a0 <\/strong>It contains ancient archaeological remains.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bricks<\/strong> discovered at the <strong>site date to the Kushan and Gupta periods,<\/strong> indicating that the area was inhabited more than 1,500 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>It also features a <strong>400-year-old water well constructed with small lakhauri bricks,<\/strong> which are <strong>associated with the Mughal era.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Haryana&#8217;s first constellation garden, named \u2018Nakshatra Vatika&#8217;, has been developed at the Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary. About Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary is located between two districts (Kurukshetra and Kaithal) of Haryana. It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1988. It holds the distinction of being the third-largest forest in Haryana. Area: It&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saraswati-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10595],"class_list":["post-363417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}