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Bandipur is a hilltop settlement in Tanahu District (Gandaki Zone) of Nepal. Because of its preserved old time cultural atmosphere Bandipur has increasingly been coming to the attention of tourism. Bandipur National Park is one of Indias best known sanctuaries located in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka at the confluence of the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills. The highest point of the park is at Gopalswamy Betta peak at 1454 meters. It is home to around seventy tigers and over three thousand Asian elephants as well as other animals like leopards dhole (wild dog) gaur sloth bears and a variety of birdlife. The Bandipur forests used to be the private game reserve of the Maharajas of Mysore. In 1973 Bandipur became one among Indias nine Tiger Reserves established under Project Tiger and the next year it was notified as a National Park. Bandipur is also famed for the vast thickets of sandalwood trees.
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