Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary

 

Location : Located in South Tripura District and it is 18 km away from the sub-divisional town of Belonia and is connected with Agartala by a state highway.

Road Transport : By road Agartala is about 95 km from the sanctuary. One can easily take a bus or taxi from Agartala to reach the sanctuary.

Weather : Max - 37.7 degree cent. in June; Min - 6.8 degree cent. in January; 

Rainfall : Max - 508.20 m in July. Min - 03.58 m in December.

The vegetation of the Sanctuary is unique through out its area. There are numbers of tree species, herb, Shrubs, climbers, grass etc. in the Trishna Sanctuary Tripura. There are 230 nos of trees species 400 nos herbs, 110. Nos shrubs and 150 nos climbers available in the Sanctuary. Among the floral diversity there are good nos of species of Flora & Fauna of Mizoramhaving medicinal value. Kurcha, Tulsi, Vasak, Sarpaganda, Rudraksha, Bel, Chirata, Kalamegh etc. are medicinal plants available in plenty.

Tripura sways over a total area of (197.7 sq km) always known as a heaven for nature and animal lovers. According to the crop diversity Forest of Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary can be divided into 3 (three) parts. The dense forest covers 62% of the total area, 18% is covered by degraded forest and the rest 20% is covered by bushy forest. Sanctuary also has a numbers of perennial water rivulets, water bodies, grass land. The landscape of Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in Tripura rich in greenery both from inside and outside.

Indian Gaur (Bison) is an attraction of this place. Apart from it, there are varieties of birds, Deer, Hooklock Gibbon,Golden Langur, Capped Langur, Pheasants and many other animals and reptiles. Golden Langurs, Hooklock Gibbon, birds, Capped Langurs, Deer and other species of aerial and land animals. Annually at the time of winter season, wandering birds from (Siberia) gather to this site. Bison is the main attraction in this sanctuary, in addition to the resident and migratory birds.

Forest types of the sanctuary are classified mainly into four types. The sanctuary has Tropical Semi Evergreen Forest, East Himalayan lower Bhabar sal, Moist mixed deciduous Forest and Savanah wood land. One species of Bamboo Oxtenanthera Nigrocilliate locally known as Kaillai is found in abundance at this place, leaves of which are liked by Bison. This bamboo is said be endemic.

The vegetation of the Sanctuary is unique through out its area. There are 230 nos of trees species 400 nos herbs, 110. Nos shrubs and 150 nos climbers available in the Sanctuary. Among the floral diversity there are good nos of species of Flora & Fauna of Mizoramhaving medicinal value. Kurcha, Tulsi, Vasak, Sarpaganda, Rudraksha, Bel, Chirata, Kalamegh etc. are medicinal plants available in plenty. There are numbers of tree species, herb, Shrubs, climbers, grass etc. in the Trishna Sanctuary Tripura.

The Trishna Sanctuary is diverse in flora and fauna stock. Wildlife safari tours will encounter with famous Bison locally known as “Gaba” and several species of “Primates”. Some of the species found here are Bos gaurus (Indian Bison), Trachypithecus phayrie(Spectacle langur), Hylobates hoolock (Hoolock Gibbon), Macacca mulatta (Lalmukh Bandar), Trachypithecus pileatus (Capped Langur), Sus scrofa (Wild boar), Felis chaus (Wild cat), Panthera pardus (Leopard).

The chirping of innumerable birds is another attraction of this State. Parrot, doyel, kingfisher, moyna, harichacha, ghu ghu, crane and heron are found in Tripura. Several bird species are found inside the sanctuary. A few of then are – Pheasant tailed Jacana, Red Jungle Fowl, White breasted king Fisher, Indian Black drongo, Tailer bird, Jungle Myna, Parrot, Eagle, Hornbill, Dove etc.

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