Bandhavgarh has one of the highest density of Bengal tiger known in the world, and is home to some famous named
individual tigers. Charger, an animal so named because of his habit of charging
at elephants and tourists (whom he nonetheless did not harm), was the first
healthy male known to be living in Bandhavgarh since the 1990s. A female known
as Sita, who once appeared on the cover of National Geographic and is considered the most
photographed tiger in the world was also to be found in Bandhavgarh for many
years. Almost all the tigers of Bandhavgarh today are descendants of Sita and
Charger. Their daughter Mohini, son Langru and B2 also maintained their tradition
for frequent sighting and moving close to tourist jeeps.
Mohini, became prominent
following Sita's death. She mated with Mahaman Tiger. She later died of her
wounds from the vehicle accident.
Charger died in 2000 and his
body was buried at Charger Point where he was kept in a closed region at his
old age. Between 2003 and 2006, many of his descendants met with a series of
unfortunate ends. B1 was eloctrocutedand
B3 was killed by poachers. Sita was
killed by poachers. Mohini died of serious wounds to her body. After the death
of Charger, the fully grown B2 survived as the dominant male in the forest
between 2004 and 2007. He also became the strongest tiger in the world. Mating
with a female in the Siddhababa region of Bandhavgarh, he became a father of
three cubs. One of them was a male. He was named Bamera. He was first sighted
in 2008 and is now Bandhavgarh's dominant male. In November 2011, B2 died. Postmortem studies suggest that
he died a natural death. But many other professional people, who know more than
the officials, say that he was injured by the villagers of the village in the
buffer area.
Now, the most prominent tiger
in Tala zone of Bandhavgarh National Park is Bamera. However, off late he has
been challenged on several occasions by a new male. Blue Eyes and Mukunda are
the dominant males of Magdhi and Khitauli zone respectively. The females who
are seen more frequently are Rajbehra, Mirchaini, Banbehi, Mahaman, Sukhi
Pattiya and Damdama. There are a quite a few cubs also who are either in
sub-adult stage or have entered the adulthood and are separate now.
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