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damn rip Jaya, another legendary tigress gone.

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The death of Gladiator of Bandhavgarh
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Rajbhera tigress II (aka Jaya) is the daughter of the Jhurjhura female (aka Durga) born along with Bhagoda and Kankati sr. Jhurjhura female mated with Bokha for this litter. She is the direct descendant of a very precious line of Bandhavgarh that’s expounded below.

Sita > Hardia > Rajbhera I > Jhurjhura > Rajbhera II.

The new Rajbhera queen is very bold and valiant, hence her name Jaya, the victorious. She drove both her mother, the Jhurjhura female and her sister Kankati out of the territories, then managing vast areas incl. Chakradhara, Rajbhera and Serai meadows that were previously ruled by two different tigress queens; half the territory was ruled by Mohini (daughter of Sita) and the other was ruled by Rajbhera I. Rajbhera-I mated with B3 (brother of the famous B2) and delivered a single litter consisting of Jhurjhura tigress.

*(Jhurjhura female died in an accident caused by a gypsy inside the tourist zone, when she was raising her 6-month-old cubs from Bokha. Kankati sr. was notorious for the only recorded cannibalism event in documented history, when she killed and fed on the Chorbehra or Langdi tigress. Ofcourse, Kankati too later died in another territorial fight).

Rajbhera's first litter included Solo-another huge tigress, Kankati Jr, the Dhamokhar female and Bhagoda male. Solo mated with Mangu and delivered two cubs, that perished later. Kankati Jr. mated with Mr. X and delivered two male and one female cubs, who were orphaned when she was infamously poached. Dhamokhar female has a litter of three cubs, in the buffer area, while Bhagoda hasn’t been spotted in a long time.

Rajbhera female gave birth to a second litter that consisted of three males and one female. The males haven’t been spotted in a while, and the female died early on under dubious conditions. When Rajbhera had her second litter, Solo drove away her mom and is commanding atleast half the previous territory that Rajbhera used to enjoy.

At close to 12 years of age, Rajbhera tigress was a legend, commanded a huge chunk of one of the prime and prey rich areas. She's known for her hunting skills and rearing abilities (and her least dependence on cattle, that creep into the porous zones of Bandhavgarh).

She succumbed to injuries inflicted in a territorial fight with Spotty/Solo. Rajbhera II was making inroads in Spotty’s territory (of late) and that seemed to be the end for her, particularly after her recent struggle to survival, when she was fed (assisted), by the department, after some fatal injuries from previous territorial fight/hunt a few months ago.

She was last seen at Batan area, day before y'day, grievously injured and could have possibly died during the treatment, from the fatal injuries.

She now disappeared like the titular Gladiator - Maximus into the Rajbhera and Sehra meadows that she used to rule like a queen.

P.S. I and dear late Raj ji used to have countless discussions on Rajbhera female and her family. Much information here has been provided by him during those discussions.

The images of the mortal remains have been shared on whatsapp, and giving the credits to that person, while my image of the tigress was from Sehra meadows in early 2016.



here is the tigress that killed her, blue eyes’s daughter aka Spotty

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Spotty with Mangu

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the pair

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