| Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary | |
|---|---|
| Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary | |
 A view of MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary | |
| Location | Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, India |
| Area | 906.187 km2 (349.881 sq mi) |
| Established | 2013 |
| Governing body | Kollegal Wildlife Division, Karnataka Forest Department |
Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary or Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected Wildlife sanctuary in the Eastern Ghats and is located in the state of Karnataka in India. It is named after the presiding deity "Lord Male Mahadeshwara" of the famed Male Mahadeshwara Hills Temple located within the sanctuary. The sanctuary lies in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. It is at a distance of 140 km (87 mi) from Mysuru and 210 km (130 mi) from Bengaluru.
The sanctuary was established in 2013 with an area of 906.187 km2 (349.881 sq mi) out of the total area of 1,224 km2 (473 sq mi).[1][2] The sanctuary is pending notification as a tiger reserve.
The sanctuary is part of a contiguous tiger habitat, located very close to the tri-junction of the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The sanctuary has Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (Karnataka) to its North and East, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (Tamil Nadu) to its South and Biligirirangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve (Karnataka) to its West.
- ^ "..:: Karnataka Forest Department".
- ^ Gubbi, Sanjay; Mukherjee, Kaushik; Swaminath, M.H.; Poornesha, H.C. (10 March 2015). "Providing more protected space for tigers Panthera tigris: a landscape conservation approach in the Western Ghats, southern India". Oryx. 50 (2): 336–343. doi:10.1017/S0030605314000751.