Kanha Tiger Reserve, also called Kanha National Park, is one of the popular tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The park has a significant population of royal Bengal tiger, Indian leopards, the sloth bear, barasingha and Indian wild dog. The lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines of Kanha provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel Jungle Book.