Chandaka Elephant Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in the northwestern border of Odisha, near the city of Bhubaneswar. Chandaka – Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary comprises a major forest area, notified forest blocks of Chandaka Wildlife Division. It is a popular destination for solitude seekers, a hunt for eco-tourists, a laboratory for researchers and the temple of learning for all. In 1982, the state government declared it a wildlife sanctuary for the conservation of elephants.
Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary was declared primarily to preserve wild elephants and elephant habitats. A variety of snakes, like the Python, and the monitor lizard can also be sighted there. The birdlife of the Dampara sanctuary is no less significant as a large number of species of birds can be sighted there. Damapada Chandaka Sanctuary is a premier wildlife destination in Khordha, Odisha.
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