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Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary (Ramanagara)

India / Karnataka / Ramanagaram / Ramanagara / Ramanagara
 hill, bird sanctuary

Ramadevara betta is a hill in the Ramanagara district. The hill gets its name from the temple dedicated to Lord Rama which is situated atop this hill.

The hill Ramadevara betta, along with Savandurga was one of the shooting locations for David Lean's A Passage to India. Small door like grottoes were made in the rock to resemble caves. It was also in this region that the path-breaking Hindi movie, Sholay, was shot.

The scrub patch around Ramadevara Betta at Ramanagara along the Mysore Road, which houses the critically-endangered Long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) will soon be a greener patch with the State government planning a 'Daiva Vana' (Sacred Grove) and a tree park around it.
The State forest department influenced by the biodiversity at Thirumala has planned to increase the green cover around Ramadevara Betta. It has also proposed to create a vulture sanctuary.

While trees with religious significance will be grown around the shrine in the hillock, the entire scrub patch of 856 acres around the hillock which consists of the boulder with thirteen Long-billed vultures will be accorded a protected status. The work for the proposed tree park will begin this year.
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Coordinates:   12°45'8"N   77°18'4"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago