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Periyar Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary
Between Trivandrum and Munnar is Thekkady, the home of one of India's oldest and best-known wildlife
sancturies. The former princely state of Travancore began to develop the area as a sanctuary in 1934, using the artificial lake that had been formed by flooding in 1895 as its center. By 1950 the sanctuary had reached its present size of 780 square kilometers and was named the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is in fact closer to madurai in Tamil
Nadu, 145 kilometers to the east via an extremely attractive road, and Cochin, 192 kilometers to the west. The park encompasses a 26 -sq-km artificial lake, created by the British in 1895 to provide water to Madurai, and spreads into Tamil Nadu. It is home to bison, antelopes, sambars, wild boars, monkeys,langurs, tigers, leopards, a wide variety of birds,and many elephants. Boat trips on the lake are thestandard way of seeing the sanctuary. The best time to visit the sanctuary is between September and May.
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