NATIONAL PARK

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Sanjay Gandhi National ParkSanjay Gandhi National Park is a 87 km2 (34 sq mi) protected area in Mumbai, Maharashtra State in India. It is notable as one of the major national parks existing within a metropolis limit and is one of the most visited parks in the world.2400-year-old Kanheri caves sculpted out of the rocky cliffs lies within the park.The Kanheri Caves in the centre of the park were an important Buddhist learning centre and pilgrimage site sculpted by Buddhist monks between the 9th and the 1st centuries BCE. They were chiselled out of a massive basaltic rock outcropping.The