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Periyar is a protected area and a nature reserve in the South Indian State of Kerala set high in the mountains of the Western Ghats at the border to Tamil Nadu. It lies in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta. The protected area covers an area of 925 km² out of which a 350 km² part of the core zone was made into the Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve sometimes dubbed the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. The park is often called by the name thekkady also.
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