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.
Nearby
Excursions:
Parambikulam,
Choolanur
Peacock
Sanctuary,
Attappadi
or Mountain
Valley
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