Images from Rural Bengal
The Sound of Silence - Sundarbans at Blue Hour
Sundarbans - A magical place where the boundaries between the rivers and the lands getting blurred!
The Sundarbans (সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic salt-tolerant mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a natural protective barrier for the millions of inhabitants in cyclone-prone delta region.
The Sundarbans provides a unique ecosystem and a rich wildlife habitat. According to the 2011 tiger census, the Sundarbans have about 270 Royal Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris). The Sundarbans became inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 and has also been enlisted among the finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature.
Images of Bengal, India
Images from Rural Bengal
The Sound of Silence - Sundarbans at Blue Hour
Sundarbans - A magical place where the boundaries between the rivers and the lands getting blurred!
The Sundarbans (সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic salt-tolerant mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a natural protective barrier for the millions of inhabitants in cyclone-prone delta region.
The Sundarbans provides a unique ecosystem and a rich wildlife habitat. According to the 2011 tiger census, the Sundarbans have about 270 Royal Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris). The Sundarbans became inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997 and has also been enlisted among the finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature.
Images of Bengal, India