The forest around Lake Periyar

From a tiger preserve in Kerala

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January 20th 2009
Viewing elephants, wild boar, water buffalo and gazillions of birds We left Madurai on Saturday morning, hiring a car to take us from the big city to the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary and tiger preserve. The drive is about 4 hours, and takes us from the coconut palms and rice paddies of the state of Tamil Nadu into the Western Ghat Mountains in the state of Kerala. The preserve is a " ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more