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One of the significant attraction in India, Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary  possess finest storks and various and other kinds of Birds imaginable. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary (Keoladeo Ghana National Park) is a reserved that offers protection to faunal species as well.

More than 300 hundred species of Bird's are found in this small wild life park 29 sq-kms of which 11 sq-kms are marshes and the rest scrubland and grassland. Keoladeo, the name derives from an ancient Hindu Temple devoted to Lord Shiva, which stands and the centre of the part. 'Ghana' means dense, referring to the thick forest, which used to cover the area.

While many of India's parts have been developed from the hunting preserves of princely India, Keoladeo, popularity known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, is par haves the only case where the have tad has been created by a Maharaja. In earlier times, Bharatpur town used to be flooded regularly every monsoon. In 1760, and earthen dam (Ajan Dam) was constructed, to save the town, from this annual vagary of nature. The depuration created by extraction of soil for the dam was cleared and this became the Bhartpur Lake.

At the beginning, this lake was developed, and was divided into several potations. A system of small dam's dykes, sluice gates, etc. was created to control water label in deferent section. This became the hunting preserve of the Bharatpur royalty, and one of the best duck-shooting wetlands in the world. Hunting was prohibited why mid-60s. The area was declared a national park on 10 March 1982, and accepted world Heritage Site in Decembar 1985.

The major attraction of tourist visiting the part are the numerous migratory Birds, who come as far away as Siberia and central Asia and spend their winter's in Bharatpur before retiring to their breeding grounds. Migratory Bird's at Bharatpur Birds Sanctuary include, several species of Cranes, Pelicans, Geese, Ducks, Eagles, Hawks, Shanks, Stints, Wagtails, Warblers, Wheatears, Flycatchers, Buntings, Larks and Pipits etc. 
Bharatpur Birds Sanctuary is open through the year still the ideal visiting months are from August - November for resident breeding birds and October - February for migrant birds.

 
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