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Gujarat·forest · wildlife

An Indian lioness defends her days-old rotting kill at Gir National Park in India. The Asiatic lion's habitat is dry scrub land and open deciduous forest.

Gujarat·forest

Following the death of big cats, the Forest Department had captured 36 lions and shifted them to Jashadhar and Jamwala rescue centres in the Gir forest.

Gujarat

Gujarat·livestock · ceremony

Maldharis are nomadic tribal herdsmen who live in the Gujarat state of India. The literal meaning of Maldhari is "owner of animal stock".

Gujarat

Thirsty Lioness and her two cubs drinking water from waterhole in Gir, Gujarat. A lioness from Gir nursing her two cubs.

Gujarat

Gujarat

Lion cub drinking water with mother at Gir.

Gir, Gujarat·industry

Siddhis of Gujarat (originally from Sudan). These Sudanese originally came to India as labourers or salt workers, and have now become a part of their home state of Gujarat, living next to Gir National Park where the Asiatic Lion now lives (…

Gujarat·livestock · ceremony

Maldhari women wash clothes by the river, around the habitat of the Indian Lion, in Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Maldharis are nomadic tribal herdsmen who live in the Gujarat state of India.

Gujarat·livestock · farmland

Group of buffaloes at small farm in Gir. The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in the Indian Subcontinent, and also widely in South America, southern Europ…

Gujarat·wildlife

The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) or Indian Lion is a subspecies of the lion. The only place in the wild where the lion is found, is in the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India.

Gujarat·forest · wildlife

Lioness in Gir national park. The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is a forest and wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India.

Gujarat·wildlife · forest

The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) or Indian Lion is a subspecies of the lion. The only place in the wild where the lion is found, is in the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India.

Gujarat·livestock · forest

Maldhari woman takes her buffaloes for grazing in Gir, Gujarat. Maldhari are devoutly religious pastoral communities which has become an integral part of the Gir forests for over 125 years.

Gujarat

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Wild Boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) killed by Indian Lion straying from Gir National Park, Gujarat, India.

Gujarat·wildlife · forest

The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) or Indian Lion is a subspecies of the lion. The only place in the wild where the lion is found, is in the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India.

Gujarat·forest · wildlife

Entry gate to Gir Interpretation Zone, Gujarat. Lioness with her five cubs walking here and there in an enclosure at Gir Interpretation Zone in Gujarat.

Gujarat·wildlife · forest

The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) or Indian Lion is a subspecies of the lion. The only place in the wild where the lion is found, is in the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India.

Gujarat

This is a video of a typical Indian woman making Roti / flat bread or chapatti, on a Chulha. The only difference is that this woman is a Siddhi villager from the area around Gir National Park in Gujarat, India.

Gujarat

Many days dead and almost decayed, this Indian Lioness in the Gir National Park of Gujarat plays with her kill, while lying down. She takes a few nips of it and then loses interest.

Gujarat·forest · wildlife

Asiatic lions at Gir National Park in Gujarat, India. The Asiatic lion's habitat is dry scrub land and open deciduous forest. These lions were once found across northern Africa, south west Asia and northern Greece.

Gujarat·livestock

Herd of Buffaloes in Gir, Gujarat. The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in the Indian Subcontinent, and also widely in South America, southern Europe, the…

Gir, Gujarat·forest · wildlife

Asiatic lion census held once every five years by the Gujarat government will be conducted at Gir sanctuary from May 2 to 5, a senior official. “The lion census is conducted every five years.