Morning of 1st October 2008 I was excited to enter the Bandhavgarh jungle as for three month I was away from my office the bandhavgarh national park.
As I entered I was totally enticed by the jungle which was lush green, much greener than how I had left it when I saw it last, this was all the result of good rains during the monsoon months.
It was for five minutes I had entered the park and what was to come was unknown to me as I was just engrossed viewing the beauty of the jungle, as I moved ahead I saw a small group of vehicles gathered at one place and few of the drivers and guides waved out at me to come up ahead as I pulled up close to where the jeeps were I heard a short growl from the bushes to my right, there I saw my first tiger sitting under a bamboo bush! There was more to come suddenly I saw some movement in the bush behind where the tiger was sitting and there emerged the second tiger which was a female.I waited patiently for a few minutes as both tigers disappeared behind a bush and heard a lot of growls from both the tigers. Evidently it was a mating pair and the male was trying to court but the female was growling and pushing the male out of the bushes. I took this picture when the male was pushed out by the growling female and it paid a little attention towards our vehicles which were witness to its ongoing struggle.
As I entered I was totally enticed by the jungle which was lush green, much greener than how I had left it when I saw it last, this was all the result of good rains during the monsoon months.
It was for five minutes I had entered the park and what was to come was unknown to me as I was just engrossed viewing the beauty of the jungle, as I moved ahead I saw a small group of vehicles gathered at one place and few of the drivers and guides waved out at me to come up ahead as I pulled up close to where the jeeps were I heard a short growl from the bushes to my right, there I saw my first tiger sitting under a bamboo bush! There was more to come suddenly I saw some movement in the bush behind where the tiger was sitting and there emerged the second tiger which was a female.I waited patiently for a few minutes as both tigers disappeared behind a bush and heard a lot of growls from both the tigers. Evidently it was a mating pair and the male was trying to court but the female was growling and pushing the male out of the bushes. I took this picture when the male was pushed out by the growling female and it paid a little attention towards our vehicles which were witness to its ongoing struggle.
