Sadha Instagram – Part-2 || MAYA v/s ROMA || 7th May, 2023 They came, they saw, they conquered. But they were defeated and they were exiled. But one queen stood the test of time – the doyen of illusion and chicanery, she always dons a few tricks up her sleeve, even when she seemed to have performed her greatest trick yet. Maya means ‘that which is not’ and I realised the true meaning when she evaded me twice during this safari. But when you are absorbed in her, Maya is bound to happen, quite literally. Known to be courting and thwarting advances of the biggest, fiercest and the dominant of the males of Tadoba, it is not so common for Maya to confront wandering tigresses in her territory. Though not her first, and definitely not her last, Maya chased a dispirited Roma, just the way she (Maya) had a face off with her (Roma) mother (Choti Tara) a few years ago. The truest scion of the Panderpauni line of Katrina-Vasanti-Nira and perhaps the greatest show-woman of the last decade in the tiger world, Maya is not just a queen and a legend but the greatest (if not one of the greatest) of her tribe; her ambition, her dominance, her charm, her tyranny and her rule that everyone will remember the land of Taaru as the land of Maya; her legacy. Edited by @aakashtigergraphy Driver Raju Guide Pravin #tadoba #maya #tigressmaya #maharastratourism #tigers #tigress #tigersfight #wildlife #wildlifephotography #savetigers #tigersofindia #tigersofmaharashtra Tadoba – Andhari Tiger Reserve