Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar visited Kaziranga National Park in Golaghat. |
Guwahati: Legendary Indian cricket icon and Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, is currently on a private visit to Meghalaya and Assam with his family on Tuesday morning enjoyed the rich bio diversity of world famous one horn Rhino home Kaziranga National Park.
Sachin Tendulkar along with his wife Anjali and daughter Sara reached Guwahati from Mumbai on April 3 for a week long vacation of Meghalaya and Assam.
After exploring Meghalaya especially the world’s highest rainfall region Shohra he reached Kaziranga National Park on Monday evening in the presence of his fans and followers where the Borgos hotel authorities welcomed the icon with traditional Bihu & Jhumur dance.
Sachin Tendulkar, along with his family, visited the Western Range of Bagori under the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve early on Tuesday morning.
Tendulkar and his family, accompanied by their team, embarked on a two-and-a-half-hour jeep safari through the lush Bagori landscape.
During the ride, they stopped at the Dunga Watch Tower Point, which offered sweeping views of the picturesque Dunga Beel—an emerald-hued wetland surrounded by lush grasslands and marshes.
Tendulkar also took time to engage with women frontline staff stationed in Bagori, acknowledging their role in conservation efforts of Assam forest..
As a token of appreciation, the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Eastern Assam Wildlife Division (Kaziranga), A Vignesh, presented him with a coffee table book on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
DFO Vignesh also briefed Tendulkar on various conservation and protection initiatives undertaken by the forest department to preserve the ecological integrity of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Bagori Ranger Bibit Dihingia, along with other forest officials and personnel, accompanied the cricket maestro and his entourage during the safari.
After the safari the legend informed the media that he enjoyed lots with the scenic beauty of the Kaziranga where they seen one horn rhinos, tiger, wild elephant, wild buffalo and other flora and fauna.
Tendulkar is slated to return to Mumbai on April 9 after offering puja at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati.
