Thekkady (Idukki district) is the location of the Periyar National Park, which is an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. Idukki district (ഇടുക്കി is one among the 14 districts of Kerala state, India. Periyar is a Protected area, and a Project Tiger Nature reserve in the South Indian State of Kerala, set high in the mountains Kerala ( Malayalam: {{Kerala in Malayalam}}; India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Situated close to the Kerala -Tamil Nadu border town of Kumily, it is located about 257 km (160 miles) from Trivandrum. Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. Kumily is a town in the Cardamom Hills near Thekkady and the Periyar Tiger Reserve, in the Idukki District of Kerala Thiruvananthapuram ( Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം Tiruvanantapuraṁ) also known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savanna grass lands. In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria A savanna or savannah is a Tropical or Subtropical Grassland or Woodland Ecosystem. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed Macaques and Nilgiri Langurs. A herd is a large group of animals The term is usually applied to mammals particularly Ungulates. Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus The gaur (ˈɡaʊɚ ( Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Lion-tailed Macaque ( Macaca silenus) is an Old World monkey that lives only in the Western Ghats of South India. The Nilgiri Langur ( Trachypithecus johnii) is a Lutung (a type of Old World monkey) found in the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats in
The Periyar Widlife sanctuary is spread across 777 km² (300 sq. miles), of which 360 km² (139 sq. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. miles) is thick evergreen forest. The Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1978. The splendid artificial lake formed by the Mullaperiyar Dam across the Periyar River adds to the charm of the park. Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed over the Headwaters of the Periyar River river in Kerala, India. The Periyar River is the longest river in the state of Kerala, India, with a length of 244 km The greatest attraction of Periyar are the herds of wild elephants that come down to play in the lake.
Thekkady is considered a heaven for natural spices such as black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon and clove. A spice is a dried Seed, Fruit, Root, Bark or vegetative substance used in Nutritionally insignificant quantities as a Food additive Black pepper ( Piper nigrum) is a flowering Vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its Fruit, which is usually dried The name cardamom (or cardamon is used for herbs within two genera of the Ginger family Zingiberaceae, namely Elettaria and Amomum Cinnamon ( Cinnamomum verum, synonym C zeylanicum) is a small Evergreen Tree 10–15 metres (32 This article is about the Spice; for other meanings see Clove (disambiguation.
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