With the monsoon tapping a soft cadence, my four-hour odyssey from Rajkot to Gir was a pursuit of the siren song of Sonorium. This rare, ancient sound practice, offered by Svaram, a centre for the ...

The story of Gir and its lions is full of maharajas and shikar, the sunset of the Raj, the early efforts of the Bombay Natural History Society’s first conservationists and the emergence of India’s ...

The number of Asiatic lions in the Gir forest region has increased by 29 per cent to 674 as per the population estimation exercise carried out the last year. (File image) Jungle safari to the Gir ...

Gir National Park is 60 km from Junagadh, the most common base for making a visit, and 360 km away from Ahmedabad. The main centre is at Sasan Gir, and has a forest guest house maintained by the park, ...

Ismail “Bapu”, 45, goes about his work of tending to, and milking, the herd of buffaloes and goats at his home in the ness, or settlement—like his ancestors did for the past 200 years. He is one of ...

Rajkot: The forest department along with the local police launched a special drive to curb illegal lion shows in the Gir forest region during the upcoming Diwali holidays when the abode of Asiatic ...

It was almost two hours into our drive through Sasan-Gir forest and we still hadn’t come across its most famous inhabitant — the Asiatic lion. We had seen many of the other dwellers of what is ...

Ahmedabad: Rasila Wadher’s recruitment as first woman forest guard in Sasan Gir forest, Gujarat, had raised eyebrows of many people. How can this young girl, participate in the risky rescue operations ...

Gujarat’s Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is a popular attraction for wildlife enthusiasts, as the forest provides a first-hand view of the endangered Asiatic or Persian lions. But for villagers residing on ...

Sasan-Gir national park also known as Gir National Park is the last remaining refuge of Asiatic lions in India. Spread over 1,412 sq km park in Junagadh district of Gujarat, the national park was the ...