Refreshing in the Wilderness by a Visit to the Rajaji National Park

Wilderness is always refreshing, especially considering the fact that most of the people reading this blog are urban dwellers who have somehow lost the touch of wilderness in the concrete existence of city life. The Rajaji National Park is a NationalPark, spread over an area of 820 sq km and encompassing three districts of Uttarakhand, Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal. This park is actually a conglomeration of three wildlife sanctuaries in the area, namely the Chilla, Motichur and the Rajaji sanctuaries. The Rajaji Park has been named after C. Rajagopalachari, a prominent National Leader of his time and the second and last Governor General of Free India, and one of the first recipients of the prestigious Bharat Ratna.  A visit to the Rajaji National park from Haridwar is a great experience as you get to breathe in the mysteriously unpolluted air of the wilderness in your spirit.

The park consists of dense forests and 23 mammalian species, including some most ferocious like leopards and tigers can be found at the park. Of course, it entirely depends upon your luck whether you get to see the wild inhabitants of the dense forest in their natural surroundings, but nevertheless the visit to the Rajaji National Park is a memorable experience. The National park also has a temple of Ma Chandi Devi, located at the outskirts of the park. A visit to wilderness is always fascinating for anyone and The Rajaji National Park is a forbearer of the mysterious Uttarakhand forests that Jim Corbett wrote so often about.