About Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary:
- Location: It is located at the intersection of the Western and the Eastern Ghats and falls in the Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka.
- It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 2013.
- It is contiguous to Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, and the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.
- It’s the home of the famous Male Mahadeshwara Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, known here as Mahadeshwara.
- Rivers: Male Mahadeshwara Hills is bound by the Kaveri River to the northeast and by the Palar River to the south.
- Vegetation: It mainly consists of the dry deciduous type, degrading to scrub forest in the fringe areas, and interspersed with patches of moist deciduous, semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola forests occurring at varying altitudes.
- Flora: Anogeissus latifolia, Boswellia serrata, Hardwikia binata and Chloroxylon swietenia etc.
- Fauna: It is home to elephants, Indian bison, tigers, wild dogs, leopards, foxes, sambars, spotted deer, and many species of birds.
