Rediff readers have been sharing stories and photographs of the national animal.
Here are some responses we received from you:
Dipanjan Chakraborty, 40, clicked this photograph at Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
"After a deathly silence of few minutes, Prince emerged from the bushes, nonchalant and majestic as ever.
"He strode past us, got down to the water hole, quenched his thirst and gave us this pose. Surreal!" Chakraborty wrote.
Srikanth Santhinathan, 28 from Coimbatore sent us this picture of Balle female he shot at Nagarhole National Park in Kabini in March.
Amol Mujumdar snapped this tiger at Nagzira National Park in October 2017.
Ankur Laha, 42 sent us this photograph of Noor cooling herself in Ranthambore zone 2.
Badrinath, 43, spotted this tiger named Chota Matka resting at Tadoba in Maharashtra,
Nagpur-based Ankit Jain, 33 shared this image from his tiger safari at Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Readers, you can share your tiger pix on getahead@rediff.co.in (subject: I spotted a tiger) along with your NAME, AGE, LOCATION and photograph, if possible. We'll feature the best ones right here on Rediff.com
Disclaimer: The photographs featured in this series are, to the best of our knowledge, original entries submitted by readers. Rediff.com does not assume any responsibility for their originality.