NDTV Save Our Tigers: Winning pictures

Over the past few years, the decreasing number of tigers had caused worldwide concern. NDTV's Save Our Tiger initiative was launched as an attempt to undertake a unified effort to save the species.

With support from over one million people across the world and many well-known celebrities, we carried out a campaign that spread awareness throughout the country.

Here is the year 2010 through pictures sent by our own surfers.

The winning picture:

This winning picture was clicked by Santosh Saligram in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Santosh Saligram is from Madivala Post, Bangalore.

First Runner-Up

This picture was clicked by Praveen P Mohandas at the Corbett tiger reserve,Utharanchal.

This picture of one year old cubs of the Chorbhera female was taken by Siddharth Malik in Bandhavgarh .

This picture was sent by Deep Shubham from Muzzafarpur.

This photograph was sent by Rohan Rajaram Taware. The tigress in the photograph unfortunately died after being hit by an unknown vehicle, just 10 days after this photograph was taken. CBI is probing the case.

This picture was clicked by Praveen P Mohandas at the Corbett tiger reserve,Utharanchal.

This picture of a tiger chasing a sambar deer was taken by Prerna Singh Bindra at the Tadoba Tiger Reserve.

This picture of a tiger marking his territory was taken by P. Prithvi Reddy in Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh. P. Prithvi Reddy resides in Columbia, USA.

This photograph of a tigress bathing in a pond was taken by Rahul Guha from Tadoba Tiger Reserve near Chandrapur town in Maharashtra.

This picture was taken by Sameer Kongovi, who is from Rajajinagar, Bangalore.

This picture of a tiger cub was taken by Santosh Saligram on 14th May 2010 in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.

This picture of the majestic creature was taken by Yogesh J Rane at the Ranathambhore National Park in Rajasthan.