Tigers of Central India

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Navneet MD Maheshwari‎
M1, Kanha Tiger Reserve, Sometime in January 2018

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Vaishakh Manohar‎
The Royal walk !!



Elusive male tiger of Tadoba 


TATR January 2018

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Radhika Tipre‎
Matakasur, TATR, India

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The Tiger Legends.

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Prologue :: While most legends are pursued, photographed in their prime and forgotten when they leave the tourism areas, it is time that we remember such legends. Bringing the life stories of such legends.

Yeda Anna aka Charger of Tadoba. 
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Yeda Anna arrived on the scene by 2005-06, way before Tadoba appeared on the tiger map. He was said to be the son of the legend of Moharli range, Sultan. Sultan was the nucleus for most of the tigers of this range; possibly the father of Wagdoh male or Scarface. The huge body structure, rounded skulls and huge territories are all the features of Moharli range males.

Yeda Anna was a contemporary of old Katezhari (or Boom male), Hilltop male, and Jabbar (who ousted the old Sultan; I am not sure if this is the same Jabbar that mated much later with Nira - mother of Maya, at Tadoba range. Coincidentally, Sultan was also called Gabbar, but he's different from the new Gabbar or the Leopard-Face).

Yeda Anna was the most dominant male, and his range extended from Moharli-Telia area and Kosba line, and slowly moved to Devdoh, Khutvanda, Chichghat, Kosekanar, Aswalhira, and Vasant Bhandara: perhaps the largest of any tiger from Moharli range, to date. His movement towards Khatoda and beyond was because of his fight with Scarface in 2011. His range was limited to Moharli range, during his initial days.

He was named Yeda Anna for his aggression and charging at gypsys for no reason. Yeda stands for 'madness'. He was also called 'Charger of Tadoba'

In 2009, he mated with Lakshmi or Tara, who delivered a litter of four tigers, that eventually came to be known as Circuit gang. This was the family that put Tadoba on the world tiger map. The family comprised of Rambhir (Ookhan), Circuit, Gauri (more famously known as Choti Tara) and Imli.

In 2010, he mated with Madhuri to produce a litter of three cubs. Due to advancement of the more dominant and territorial male, Scarface, Yeda Anna was forced to move away from Moharli range. In 2011, a territorial fight between Scarface and Yeda Anna happened at Kosba Line. Scarface eventually killed the litter of Madhuri and mated yet again, to produce the famous Telia gang.

Yeda Anna was also responsible for the Devdoh family line. He mated with the Chichghat tigress in 2011, and gave birth to CG4 or the old Devdoh female. She's the nucleus for all the Devdoh tigers today. Yeda Anna also mated with his daughter CG4 later to give birth to the new Devdoh female (first litter of CG4)

He was sighted at Vasant Bhandara and Jamun Bodi, Panchdhara later in 2015, and was last sighted at Panderpauni in 2016 and last sighted at Tadoba lake in 2017.

He was seen a few days ago at Chimur, possibly injured, and finally succumbed (having not touched the live bait arranged by forest department) at 2:00PM, today, the 25th of Feb, 2018, dying at an age of 16+ years.

Yeda Anna was certainly the legend of Tadoba, for his dominance, aggression and for his contribution to the tiger line of Tadoba.

p.s. Photos taken from various sources. Pic credits for few of them with Nikhil Tambekar.
Corrections ::
Thanks to Varun Thakkar for certain corrections and particularly about the range, behavior and territory of Yeda Anna. Previously, I had wrongly mentioned about the litter of Katezhari female from Vasanti. Yeda Anna only reached these areas after 2011.

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