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     Jayamangali Black Buck Reserve, Mydanahalli, Madhugiri in Tumkur , Karnataka 

                       A beautiful sanctuary of the endangered and the most threatended Black Bucks

 

 

The Place

Mydanahalli is a place for Black Bucks making it the second sanctuary apart from the famous Rani Bennur Black Buck Sanctuary. Recently, The forest department sanctioned funds for the construction of two rooms near the entry gate for the sanctuary. The rooms are available at an affordable price of . Booking are to be made from the Forest Department, Tumkur( address is given in the next page ). Mydenahalli is a total grasslanded area providing the Black Bucks to roam around the sanctuary .

Mydanahalli is not difficult to be reached. Here is some info :-

 

Nearest hotel for good food : KYATASANDRA     Distance : 38  kms

Nearest Bus Station                 : MADHUGIRI            Distance : 23  kms

Nearest Railway                       : KYATASANDRA     Distance : 38  kms

Nearest Airport                         : BANGALORE           Distance : 127 kms

If you want to make a journey to this place, strictly have your breakfast and lunch etc. prepared becuase you find no hotel or a shop to buy anything as you have to travel 63 kms back to the place called Tumkur to get something to eat.

NOTE:-

Myself and my father with Murali uncle had been to the Jayamangali Black Buck Reserve situated 127 km from Bangalore. The Black Buck reserve is situated near Mydenahalli, a small village about 23 kms frm Madhugiri Town. The place boasts of about 4000 to 5000 Black Bucks, 6 leopards, jackals and the famous Indian Fox and about 20 to 30 species of birds including the most endangered Montagu's Harrier , Red Necked Falcon and the Steppe Eagle. The place is totally comprised of grasslands similar to the African Savannas. 

Black Buck in the grassland