Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary

 About Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary:

• Location:
  • Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary is located near the border of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Telangana in the village of Eturnagaram, a tribal village in Mulugu district of Telangana.
  • It is located 100 km from Warangal and 250 km from Hyderabad.
• It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1952 by Hyderabad Nizam Government.
• It is spread over an area of around 806 sq. km.
• River:
  • It has a water source called Dayyam Vagu, which separates the sanctuary into two parts.
  • River Godavari also passes through it.
• Flora:
  • The region is covered completely with thick natural vegetation and it falls in the tropical dry deciduous.
  • It is rich in the growth of teak, bamboo and other trees like madhuca and terminalia.
• Fauna:
  • This sanctuary provides shelter to Tiger, Leopard, Panther, Wolf, Wild Dogs, Jackals, Sloth Bear, Chousingha, Black Buck, Nilgai, Sambar, Spotted Deer and Four Horned Antilope etc.
  • The plethora of water in the sanctuary is attributed to the presence of reptiles like the famous Mugger crocodiles and snakes like the Cobra, Python and Krait.
• The famous Sammakka-Saralamma Temple is situated inside the sanctuary.