GO HERITAGE RUN - BANDHAVGARH
Run through the home of the white tiger and the shikar grounds of the Maharaja of Rewa
As this is an ecologically sensitive area, the run will be conducted in the buffer zone of the park.
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EVENT INFORMATION
Go Heritage Run - Bandhavgarh
Date: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Distances: 5KM, 10KM, 21KM
Reporting Time: 05.45AM
Run Start: 06.00AM onwards
TRAVEL SUGGESTIONS
AIR: The closest airport to Bandhavgarh is at Khajuraho which has daily flights to Delhi.
RAIL: The nearest railway station - Umaria - is an overnight journey away from Delhi and is 30 mins away from the Tiger Reserve.
ABOUT BANDHAVGARH
Bandhavgarh is most well-known for its tiger reserve. And for good reason. It was once home to white tigers and was the favored hunting grounds of the Maharaja of Rewa and his royal family. But Bandhavgarh is also home to a 2000 year old Fort said to be built by the rulers of Gond – and named after a hill that Lord Rama is said to have given to his brother Lakshmana to watch over Lanka.
The Elusive White Tigers in Bandhavgarh
The forests of Bandhavgarh are the white tiger jungles of the yesteryears. However, no white tigers have been reported from the wild in the last 50 years, and it is believed that less than a dozen have been seen in India in about a hundred years. And yet when white tigers were sighted, it was right here in Bandhavgarh.
Bandhavgarh of Bygone Times
The idea to make this fort was basically to keep an eye on Lanka from here, as this is one of the highest hills of central India. Lord Rama made his younger brother Lakshman as resident deity of the fort. So the fort gifted to a brother (Bandhu in Hindi), came to be known as Bandhavgarh.
Bandhavgarh - Erstwhile royal Hunting grounds
Bandhavgarh was once a game reserve where only the royal families were allowed to hunt. The kings of Rewa killed at least 109 tigers due to the increasing terror of the tiger attacks and in a series of showing the chivalry Raja Gulab Singh Baghel shot down 83 tigers in a single year.
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