Remember
the last time you had a really wild time This month, we invite you for another
bash in a tropical semi-evergreen forest! For company, youll have some die-hard
party animals - elephants, tigers, leopards, bisons, sambar, wild boar, lion-tailed
macaques, langurs, deer - and most of the other regular inhabitants of a wild,
West Coast tropical evergreen forest.?
The Shenduruny forest - declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1984 gets its name
from an endemic species of tree called Chenkuruny (Gluta travancoria). In the
central region of this moist, mixed deciduous forest, spread over hilly terrain
of over 100 sq km, is the 26 sq km artificial lake formed by the Parappar dam
built across the Shenduruny and Kulathupuzha rivers.?
But beautiful surroundings guaranteed to give those exhausted batteries a recharge
is not all that the forest is famous for. According to some recent archaeological
studies, Shenduruny was the cradle of one of the oldest river valley civilizations
in India - one older than even the Indus Valley which dates from 4400 - 3700
BC! Paintings similar to those of the Mesolithic period (5210 - 4420 BC) found
in the caves of central India, have been excavated from a cave, large enough
to hold 20 people, in the northwestern part of the river.?
Getting there :
By road: 66 km from Kollam town on the Kollam - Shencotta Road, in Pathanapuram
taluk of Kollam district.
Nearest railway station: Thenmala connected with Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and
Kashmir.
Nearest airport: Thiruvananthapuram 72 km away.
For further details:
contactThe Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Thiruvananthapuram 695014
The Wildlife Warden
Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary
Thenmala Dam P.O.
Kollam district
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