WHITE TIGER SAFARI MUKUNDPUR

White Tiger Safari Rewa

Safari is Now Startedb from 3rd April 2016 in Rewa, which was once home to this rare breed of the big cats. "The world's first White Tiger Safari is started at Mand, Mukundpur Forest, Govindgarh near Rewa (M.P.) where the first white tiger was spotted by erstwhile ruler Maharaja Martand Singh in 1951 from Sidhi forest area (it was named as Mohan).
Initially, two female white tigers is in the Safari and a male white tiger, too, introduced to them for multiplication. "Nearly 100 per cent work on the Safari has been completed and it has been launched on 3rd April 2016.
The white tiger was caught by Martand Singh on May 27, 1951 from Sidhi district's Bargadi forest area and later the animal was brought to Govindarh Palace in Rewa from where it escaped the very next day and then again found in Mukundpur area about 26-27 km away from Rewa.