BT Wild ART - A unique Journey to the wilderness: Marvelous Madhuri

Dear readers, hope you all liked the Tadoba blog, trust me it was one of the best experience which motivated me to update you live from Tadoba, it was my first live blog from the big place itself. You must be thinking every time I talk about awesome experience and update on various species but no the Big Cat yet. I know this question will be there in your mind, the answer is that I wanted to introduce my favorite Tigresses “The Queen of Tadoba" in style. Let me take you through the journey in the next section to know more about this beautiful animal.

The Telia Queen

In this section, I will provide you with the unknown facts of Madhuri and in the next section, I will share why I LOVE her the most. Madhuri a 10 years old a charming Tigres is also known as Telia female who ruled Telia dam (Moharli Core Zone) for long and handed over the territory to her daughter Sonam after a territorial fight and now she is Royal Queen of Agazari buffer zone with little four cute cubs. She came to limelight when she littered four female cubs "Telia sisters" she took care and ensured that all of them reaches the adulthood and self-dependent, today Sonam and Lara are rocking the Moharly zone with their litters. You will be surprised to know that one wildlife channel made a documentary on Madhuri and her famous cubs in the name of Telia Sisters. Now let me tell you why she is supermom in the next section.

The journey of a Super Mom

Since 2010, she has litter 5 times reaching the count to 19 cubs in seven years and as per experts, she may litter a couple of more time in next few years. She is nothing less than a celeb supermom like the Collarwali of Pench (Madhya Pradesh), which gave life to 26 cubs through 7 litters between the year 2008 and 2017.

The 1st litter didn’t live to see adulthood, as all cubs were exterminated by Waghdoh male (Considered to be the largest male tiger in India) who defeated their father Yeda Anna. Madhuri’s 2nd litter, of 4 cubs, in 2011 was parented by Waghdoh Tiger. This litter was popularly recognized as the “Telia” sisters Geeta, Sonam, Lara, and Mona. The 4^thlitter came in the year 2014 sired by Waghdoh and in 2016 and 2017 the 5^th and 6^th litters sired by Tiger Khali. Now her daughter Chhoti Madhu is taking over the Devada zone and is expected to be the next Madhuri of Tadoba. I am extremely lucky to see Madhuri with her last two litter in the same zone, hope they will fully grow and follow the footstep of her mother.

My Love and me

I saw Madhuri for the first time in 2017 with her two cubs one of them is Chhoti Madhu a Madhuri in making, It was love at first sight with Madhuri because of her attitude. She is extremely bold and brave Tigress, she is known to protect her cubs from rival tigers and other wild animals to bring them to adulthood. Her fearless attitude and care for the cubs makes her the supermom. I got to know about her new cubs so I again reached Tadoba to capture her in camera, as usual, she came with her five months old cute cubs to welcome us in her zone. During the 2-day journey, she treated us with swag and style with her cubs which made our trip one the best trip. At no point, she was worried about vehicles coming near to her to click her with cubs rather she was bold enough to walk across between the vehicles without fear. I will never forget her mesmerizing eyes, fearless attitude, boldness, and lover for her cubs. Tadoba trips with Madhuri will remain close to my heart forever and will try to capture her every year Stay Bless Madhuri. Keep Tadoba rocking forever.

The grate sighting was possible only because of my belief "If you love nature, nature will love you and will surprise you with unique things"