Anandapur

Anandapur
The village of Serka Zong in Anandapur
Attractions	Asia Adventurers Outpost Expedition Everest Jungle Cruise (Magic Kingdom) (referenced) Kali River Rapids Maharajah Jungle Trek Royal Anandapur Tea Company Wilderness Explorers (attraction)
Type	Kingdom
Location	Asia
Inhabitants	Ananta Anika Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions Manisha Gurung Norbu and Bob Professor Pema Dorje Royal Anandapur Tea Company Seven Summits Mountain Trekking Tetak Logging Company Wilderness Explorers Yeti of the Forbidden Mountain
Visitors	Baloo Captain Mary Oceaneer Dug King Louie Mickey Mouse Club Russell

Anandapur is the fictitious setting of Asia in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Description

Anandapur is a Northern Asian kingdom, located along the Himalayas. Anandapur is located North of the Bugis Sea. Much of Anandapur is divided into different districts. The Royal Crest of Anandapur depicts a tiger between two swords, and under a crown.

Features

Anandapur District

• Anandapur: Anandapur is a city which shares the kingdom's name and is seemingly most central in the kingdom's history. The city was located along the Anandapur Royal Forest and Chakranadi River.
• Dakshinran:
• Nagbhatti:
• Nayapur:
• Padipantai:

Anandapur Township

Anandapur is a township which shares the kingdom's name and is seemingly most central in the kingdom's history. The city was located along the Anandapur Royal Forest and Chakranadi River.

• Anandapur Royal Forest: This was the royal forest used for hunting by the maharajas of the kingdom. In the 20th century, the forest was repurposed to serve as a wildlife reserve.
• Anandapur Wood Carving:
• Association for Tourism:
• Caravan Road:
• Caravan Theater: The Caravan Theater is an outdoor stage, with some ruined stone walls. The theatre notably was used by young Wilderness Explorers member Russell and his talking dog companion Dug in an educational show on exotic birds.
• Chakaradi Chicken Shop:
• Chakranadi:
• Drinkwallah:
• Gibbon ruins: This is the conjectural name for ruins in the river, with a population of gibbons inhabiting them.
• Hotel Bukit:
• Humar Fit Tailors:
• Kali River Expeditions: Kali River Expeditions is a white-water rafting business located on the Chakranadi River. It is run by local woman Manisha Gurung, and has conservationist values, opposing the Tetak Logging Company.
• Kataka Tiger Camp:
• Lalita Guest Lodge:
• Leopard Lodge:
• Mandala Gifts:
• Mr. Kamal's:
• Mr. Parika's Shop:
• Relaxed Tourist House:
• Royal Anandapur Tea Company:
• Seven Summits Mountain Trekking:
• Surarsara Trekking:
• Upcountry Landing: Upcountry Landing is a riverboat landing along the river. For a time this landing served as "Baloo and Louie's Place", a home to the sloth bear Baloo and orangutang King Louie from India.
• Yak & Yeti Restaurant:
  • Bhaktapur Market:
• Warung Outpost:

Bharatmadesh

• Bharatpur:
• Bharatsima:
• Nagpul:

Bhotanta Himal

Bhotanta Himal the most west of Anandapur's districts. It is located directly along the Himalayas and the Forbidden Mountain.

• Kar Gesar:
• Lamalhabdra:
• Nytagma Lakhang:
• Serka Zong: Serka Zong or Zerka Dzong (meaning: "Fortress of the Chasm") is a village at the base of the Himalayas and Forbidden Mountain.

Serka Zong

• Dancing Yeti Inn:
• Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions:
• Serka Zong Bazaar:
• Yeti Museum: The Yeti Museum is adjacent to Himalayan Escapes, and is run by conservationist/cryptozoologist Professor Pema Dorje on the subject of the Yeti of the Forbidden Mountain.
• Yeti Temple: Along the old tea train tracks leading up the Forbidden Mountain is an ancient temple with a mural of the Yeti as guardian of the Forbidden Mountain.

Drukhimal District

• Druk Ozong:

Dvavarati District

• Indrawat:
• Pa Phru:

Nusa Jayaraja

A district of islands in the Bugis Sea.

• Fort Clive:
• Gunun Gajamadah:
• Kota Basar:
• Pasarbaru:

Pulao Malaya

• Bandar Baru:
• Bukittinggl:
• Keta Bugia:

Sinhaladesa

• Rohana:

Tamilaya District

• Trigopuraguram:
• Yalaghar:
• Yalikadur:
• Yalipur:

History

Background

British Occupation

In the year 1930, a group known as the League of Adventurers tried to build an experimental, "Fixed Ropes Transit System" through the Forbidden Mountain in a project nicknamed, "Expedition Everest". The League was attacked by the yeti, though managed to take a photograph of the cryptid. The First International News newspaper published a story on this incident titled, "LoA's First fixed Ropes Traverse System Finds Yeti".

By around the early 1930s, the Royal Anandapur Tea Company had constructed a railway through the Forbidden Mountain for a tea-train route. The yeti would attack these tea trains and from 1933 to 1934, the attacks resulted in the tea company shutting down the railway.

In 1938, English sea-captain Captain Mary Oceaneer of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers planned on travelling to Anandapur to investigate the mysterious events along the railway, and possible bring back tea. The outcome of this expedition is unknown.

Independence

In 1982, a mountaineering expedition set up a camp on the Forbidden Mountain. The yeti attacked this camp and presumably killed the mountaineers. The campsite was found ruined with a camera which had blurred photographs of the yeti amidst its attack.

1990s/2000s

At some point, a, "Yeti Museum" was established in Serka Zong by conservationist/cryptozoologist Professor Pema Dorje in part of the building previously used by the Royal Anandapur Tea Company. This museum believed that studying and honouring the yeti provided insights in preserving local wildlife and culture. The Yeti Museum proposed multiple theories on the yeti, one of which was that it could be the descendants of late-surviving Gigantopithecus, an extinct species of giant ape which lived in Southeast Asia.

In 2007, two men named Norbu and Bob repurposed the Royal Anandapur Tea Company's abandoned train station and train-tracks for the tourism company, Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions. This company utilized the old tea trains to pass through the Forbidden Mountain and reach Mount Everest. Professor Pema Dorje warned the company and their clients against this due to his conclusions that the yeti was real, which were dismissed by Himalayan Escapes.

In the December of 2007, television presenter found a footprint which he proposed belonged to a yeti, and a cast of said footprint was placed in the yeti museum. This footprint bared no similarities to that of the Yeti of the Forbidden Mountain's and was likely a misidentification or a fake.

Amidst the tours, the yeti began ripping out the railroad tracks around the Forbidden Mountain. At least one tea train of Himalayan Escapes patrons was sent backwards through the mountain due to these tracks and was pursued by the yeti before escaping. By around this point, the The Wilderness Explorers organization active in Anandapur created a, "Yeti Badge" for learning about the local culture regarding the cryptid.

Development history

Anandapur, like much of Disney's Animal Kingdom, was largely designed by Imagineer Joe Rhode.

Appearances

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Asia

Anandapur is the setting of this themed land.

Discovery Island

Adventurers Outpost

A bulletin-board used by the Adventurers Outpost has references to various parts of Disney's Animal Kingdom. There are photographs of Anandapur locations. Along with this are advertisements for Anandapur businesses such as Himalayan Escapes Tours and Expeditions, and the Kshana Travel Company. A mural by the meet & greet section has different Anandapur locations on it.

Discovery Trading Company

There is a portrait of different Disney's Animal Kingdom locations including different features of Anandapur.

Magic Kingdom

Jungle Cruise

The Magic Kingdom's version of the Jungle Cruise contains multiple allusions to Anandapur. One is a souvenir flag from Anandapur, hanging over the door for the Jungle Navigation Company's "Banana Troop", along with flags from other theme park locations. In Alberta Falls' office is a post-card sent to her by Captain Mary Oceaneer. The message reads:

"Ahoy Skippers,

Hope things in the jungle are in shipshape.  I just wanted to give you an update on my expedition.  Sadly, there has been no sign of your lost grandfather.

However, i am hearing some strange stories from the Forbidden Mountain near Anandapur.  I’m leading some members to investigate. On the way back maybe they can bring back a decent cup of tea.

Exploratio Continua

Capt. Mary Oceaneer

Society of Explorers and Adventurers"

Trivia

• The kingdom's name is Sanskrit for "Place of delight".
• The sign for the township of Anandapur mentions, "Seven Summits Mountain Trekking". This references how Mount Everest is one of Earth's, "Seven Summits" while the group shares its name with the, " Seven Summits Expeditions" Frank Wells tribute on Main Street, U.S.A..
• Outside of Expedition Everest, there is a badge left by the, "Mouseketeer Mountaineer Expedition". This references the Mickey Mouse Club.

Gallery

The official school map of Anandapur