Nandankanan Zoological Park

Nandankanan Zoological Park
Nandankanan Zoological Park
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20°24′00″N 85°48′53″E / 20.399965°N 85.814703°E / 20.399965; 85.814703
Date opened29 December 1960[1]
LocationBarang, Odisha, India (Midway Cuttack & Bhubaneswar)
Land area437 ha (1,080 acres)[2]
No. of animals3517 (2019-03-31)[3]
No. of species157 (2019)[3]
Annual visitors3.2 million (April 2018 – March 2019)[3]
MembershipsCZA,[4] WAZA,[5][6] SAZARC
Major exhibitsWhite Tiger Safari, Lion Safari, Butterfly Park, Orchid house
Websitewww.nandankanan.org

Nandankanan Zoological Park is a 437-hectare (1,080-acre) zoo and botanical garden located in Baranga village, Odisha, India. It is 10 km to south of Cuttack and 10 km north of Bhubaneswar. Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in 2009. It also contains a botanical garden and part of it has been declared a sanctuary. Nandankanan, literally meaning The Garden of Heaven,[1] is located in the environs of the Chandaka forest, and includes the 134-acre (54 ha) Kanjia lake.

A major upgrade was done in 2000 (after the damage caused by the super-cyclone of 1999 in coastal Odisha). More than 2.6 million visitors visit Nandankanan every year.[7]

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  3. ^ a b c "Nandankanan Zoo Annual Report 2018-19" (PDF).
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  7. ^ "Nandankanan - Annual Report - 2019-20" (PDF). nandankanan.org. p. 19. Retrieved 14 April 2021.