Jungle book's inspiration 'Sherkhan' the 'bagh'

in indian jungles especially central india, Best described in the famous 'jungle book', the tigers are hard to find during your safaris.. And its only matter of luck.. this january it was my first safari in the jungles of bandhavgarh tiger reserve which used to be hunting ground for Kings and guest britishers back in its time.. But then converted to National park to save its wildlife..

I knew the facts about how difficult is to sight tiger so i wasn't even expecting one..

But life is always 'expect the unexpected'
can't express the thrill in the crowd when this big sub-adult male had walk towards us and our open gypsys..
And it was too damn close to us and literally in my front... I was lucky that day..
It had its attitude.. Grace in his walk..

My first safari of lifetime paid of :)

but sadly this majestic cat is in
'endangered' category of IUCN