Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollam
Shendurney, another bash in a tropical semi-evergreen timberland! For organization, you may have some resolute gathering creatures – elephants, tigers, panthers, buffaloes, sambar, wild hog, lion-followed macaques, nilgiri langur, deer and a hefty portion of alternate tenants of a west drift tropical evergreen backwoods.
The Shenduruney timberland – pronounced an untamed life haven in 1984 gets its name from an endemic types of tree called Chenkurunji (Gluta travancorica). In the focal locale of this damp, blended deciduous backwoods, spread over uneven territory of more than 172 sq km, is the 26 sq km counterfeit lake shaped by the Parappar dam worked over the Shenduruney, Kulathupuzha and Kazhuthurutty streams.
In any case, delightful surroundings ensured to give those depleted batteries a revive is not all what Shenduruney is popular for. As indicated by some current archeological revelations, a stone haven has been found here which contains a couple pre-notable shake inscriptions accepted to be from the Mesolithic time frame (5210 – 4420BC). As a major aspect of the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, the asylum has a critical part to play in saving the rich organic differences.
