BALUKHAND Wildlife Sanctuary

It is heartening to see a patch of forest in Puri district preserved and protected by man. This forest on the sprawling Chandrabhaga coast on the Puri-Konark road is entirely man-made. Tended with great care, love and responsibility by man, this forest is home to a wide variety of animals and plants.
The Balukhanda - Konark- tract was declared a sanctuary under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 in 1984 with the aim of conserving the coastal ecosystem and biodiversity. Spread over an area of 87 square kilometers, this sanctuary has been carved out of reserved and protected forests, the sarlake cut and some government and private land under the Puri Sadar, Gop, Konark and Kakatpur community development blocks in Puri district, stretching from the Banki river mouth in Puri on the west to Keluni river mouth on the east. The Balukhanda sanctuary runs along the coast line of Bay of Bengal over a length of 40 Kms. It is counted among the finest and most enjoyable sanctuaries in the state.

[@nandinibasu3020]

Drone view of coastal area and lighthouse is awesome .

[@WildlifeOdisha]

Thank you

[@dillipsagadia6927]

Hi everyone .. it's my pleasure to say that ,I am from Gaindol, Chhaitana , puri .. this Balukhand is attached with our village . Anyone here from puri put a 👍👍 Well nice video . Thanks for the incredible video with magnificent voice . The way you are describing it's really world-class . I am feeling like watching national geography Chanel .

[@priyabratanayak8222]

Thank you very much to wildlife odisha team for making such beautifully picturised, well explained and nice background music documentaries. This is way better than my expectations. Thanks again.

[@banshiiaya1295]

Best place of Odisha in the world

[@sidhantadehury7391]

I love Odish

[@biswajit4648]

I love nature.I want to work in wildlife sanctuary.

[@Moca8610]

Please send your bio data
...salary will be Rs150000 per month

[@sarojsathua4251]

I want to live in wildlife sanctuary

[@Anantabloge]

Bohat badhiya

[@seemabasu2377]

Wonderful

[@yourbestteacherisyourlastm6847]

Incredibly awesome ❤❤❤

[@sidhantanayak9634]

I am from balukhanda konark

[@diptimayamuduli7851]

You forgot RABBIT also found to be living there.

[@mahenkumar3858]

Already mentioned

[@sujitpurkayastha8275]

Love for mother tongue is great but for encouraging tourism in the state other languages should be respected. Sign boards should be written in english & hindi so that rules & regulations can be understood.

[@sangitamahajan804]

Agree completely
3 wks ago we biked from puri to konark
Though loved every min of our travel / endeavours ,had problem with only oria sign boards

[@trikaldarshijayate802]

Sir you should have to include tampara lake of odisha

[@babulalpadhan6009]

I am from jamala

[@SaiTV]

Nice

[@ritasinghania1276]

how one can get a guide to visit it

[@babulalpadhan6009]

My self biswanath bariha

[@swarnabghosh]

It's not White breasted Water "heron", but "Hen".

[@abeerandanimals8512]

Right

[@pradyumnagajendra3318]

Awesome work...

[@babulalpadhan6009]

I like this type video

[@goutambanik4061]

excellent . bahut acha hay ye video .beautiful

[@Sandeepkumar-ye7ob]

Parmently closed because sunamee ate at this

[@mahenkumar3858]

Lol...hv heard of respawn?

[@thoughtsofshaan]

Typical hater spotted 😂. Just go and first learn the difference between Tsunami and Cyclone. For your kind information this wildlife sanctuary was severely devastated by Cyclone Fani but the quick restoration process by the Govt of Odisha has resumed it within a month. Don't know why people always spits false information instead of having proper knowledge!

[@amiyabal5848]

Plz tell pentha sea & forest in Kendra para district rajnagar