South African Cheetah Gamini enjoys monsoon rain with cubs at Kuno National Park

It's common to see parents enjoying the blissful monsoon rain with their kids during the current rainy season. But imagine the rare, heartwarming sight of a mother cheetah relishing the monsoon with her cubs! Intrigued?

Yes, on Friday, July 5, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shared an endearing visual of a South African cheetah named Gamini and her five cubs enjoying the rain at Kuno National Park in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the Union Environment Minister posted the touching visuals of Cheetah Gamini and her cubs basking in the rainy weather at Kuno National Park. He shared the video with the caption, "Cheetah Gamini with her five cubs this morning enjoying the rain in Kuno National Park. Together, they weave a timeless tale of familial harmony amidst nature's seasonal embrace."

Significantly, the video not only shows the mother cheetah, Gamini, enjoying the rain but also captures the playful antics of her cubs as they respond to their mother's movements, creating a heartwarming moment of familial joy and nature's beauty.

Meanwhile, it is pertinent to note that Cheetah Gamini was a part of twelve cheetahs translocated to India from South Africa last year as part of a government initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to overhunting and loss of habitat in the last century.

Nature's beauty at its finest: Madhya Pradesh CM reacts

Further, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has also reacted to the heartwarming video, shared by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav. Taking to his social-media account, he said, "Witnessing Cheetah Gamini and her five cubs revel in the rain at Kuno National Park is heartwarming and a reminder of the harmony and resilience found in the world."