Jim Corbett Point (Golab Rai) | monument, interesting place

India / Uttaranchal / Rudraprayag / Golab Rai / National Highway 58 (Delhi-Mana)
 monument, interesting place
The Leopard of Rudraprayag was a male man-eating leopard, reputed to have killed over 125 people. It was eventually killed by famed big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett on 2nd May 1926.
Here is a sign-board which marks the spot where the leopard was shot. There is a fair held at Rudraprayag commemorating the killing of the leopard .
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_of_Rudraprayag
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Coordinates:   30°16'35"N   78°58'13"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago