India is a land of diverse cultures, languages and wildlife. The Indian subcontinent holds a variety of unique wildlife, hidden in its tropical forest. Some of the best places to see it are in the dense forest of Central India around the city of Nagpur, which incidentally is also the geographic center of India. Nagpur, famous for its Oranges and wildlife, is the winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, and has Eight National Parks and five Tiger Reserves, situated in the surrounding well preserved jungles. To the south of Nagpur, is Maharashtra's oldest National Park created in 1955, the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. It is also one of India's 25 Project Tiger Reserve. The National Park is 623 sq. kms in area, consisting of two forested rectangles of the Tadoba and Andhari range. Thickly clad hills form the north and western boundary of the Tiger Reserve. To the southwest is a huge lake, which acts as buffer in between the Park Forest and the extensive farmland extending right up to the Irai Lake.