Sathyamangalam or Satyamangalam is a town in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It lies on the north bank of the Bhavani River, a tributary of the Kaveri. The Bannari Betta is the seat of the temple of Bannari Amma, a Hindu deity. Although desolate during most parts of the year, the temple draws huge crowds during the annaul car festival. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The Bhavani is a river of southern India, a tributary of the Kaveri. ... The Cauvery River (also spelled Kaveri or Kavery) is one of the great sacred rivers of India. ...

Sathyamangalam forms a taluk (subdistrict) of Erode District. Sathyamangalam was formerly part of Coimbatore District, but became part of Erode District when the district was constituted in 1979. A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ... For Erode district page see Erode district Erode is a Municipal town in the state of Tamilnadu,India. ... Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர்; Hindi: कोयंबटूर; Malayalam: േകായമ്പത്തൂ൪) is one of the major industrial cities in South India and is second largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Sathyamangalam forest

Sathyamangalam is also the name of a Reserve Forest under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1973. It is contiguous with the Biligirirangan Temple Wildlife Sanctuary to the north in neighbouring Chamarajanagar District of Karnataka, and together forms a vital corridor for faunal movements, mainly elephants. The Sathyamangalam forest is tropical dry forest, part of the South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests ecoregion. It includes thorn forest, dry deciduous forest, and tropical hill forest. Many of the higher elevations of the Bilgirirangan range have shola, or dwarf moist deciduous forest, and montane grassland habitats. These forests also harbour indigenous tribal people belonging largely to the Mullu Kurubas, Soliga communities. Southwards, the heights decrease into the arid Coimbatore plains before rising again into the Nilgiris and Anamalais. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Biligiri Hills (White mountains in the Kannada language), also known as the Biligiri Rangas Hills, are a range of hills in southern India. ... Chamrajnagar is a district in southern Karnataka, bordering Tamil Nadu. ... Karnataka or Karnātakā (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. ... The South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests is an ecoregion of southern India. ... An ecoregion is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ... The Biligiri Hills (White mountains in the Kannada language), also known as the Biligiri Rangas Hills, are a range of hills in southern India. ... Shola is a type of high-altitude stunted evergreen forest found in southern India. ... Montane grasslands and shrublands is biome defined by the World Wildlife Fund. ... The Soliga is an individual member of a tribe that inhabit the Biligirirangan and associated hill ranges in Southern Karnataka, mostly in Chamarajanagar District, bordering the Erode district of Tamil Nadu (a neighbouring state). ... Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர்; Hindi: कोयंबटूर; Malayalam: േകായമ്പത്തൂ൪) is one of the major industrial cities in South India and is second largest city in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. ... Map of The Nilgiris district The Nilgiris or Blue Mountains are a range of mountains and a district in the south-Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. ... Annamalai (Anamalai or Anamalah) Mountains are a mountain range and wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats range of southern India, straddling the border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu states. ...

A major National highway connecting Chamarajanagar to Coimbatore passes through the forests.

The forests are home to Asian Elephants, and the herd that ranges between the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats through the Sathyamangalam forests numbers 6000 animals, the largest herd in India. Elephant movements in this corridor were the subject of one of the first studies on the Asian Elephant by the Indian elephant scientist R. Sukumar in early 1980's. The Sathyamangalam elephants were also the subject of Indian elephant expert Vivek Menon's book Tusker - The Story of the Asian Elephant. Binomial name Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 The Asian Elephant, sometimes known as the Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) is one of the two or three living species of elephant. ...

The forests were also the home of the legendary Indian bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerapan, who made a living exploiting ivory and sandalwood from the forests and selling them on the black market. Veerapan was killed by police in October 2004. India Today Cover Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (c. ... An elaborately carved ivory decoration Ivory is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, etc. ... The branches of a young sandalwood tree found in Hawaii Sandalwood is the wood of trees of the genus Santalum. ...

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Sathyamangalam Territorial Forest Division

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