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Silent Valley National Park, Kerala - Please Join hands to protect
Silent Valley National Park, KeralaLocation: 40 Kms From Mannarkkad, Kerala
Coverage Area: 77 sq. kms
Attraction: ButterfliesBest
Time To Visit: September to March
Silent Valley has a very eventful history in comparison to the other wildlife parks in the country. The local name for the park is Sairandhrivanam (the forest in the valley) and had been a centre of hot debates and protests in the decades of the 70's and 80's of the 20th century. The history of the park goes way back to 1888 when the region was declared a reserved land under the Forest Act and later notified as a Reserved Forest by the Government of Madras in 1914.
Reaching There: By Rail : The nearest railway station is Palakkad, 75 kms. By Air : Nearest airport is at Coimbatore, 55 kms.
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