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Thekkady
Sign in to savethumb|Rafting in Thekkady thumb|Elephants in Thekkady thumb|Boating Thekkady () in Idukki district is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. The name Thekkady is derived from the word "thekku" which means teak and "adi" meaning bottom. Temperatures are lowest in the months of December–January and highest in the months of April–May.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Idukki district
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Official website
- idukki.nic.in/thekkady.htm
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14 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Nearby places of interest
- Ottakathalamedu
- Murikkady
- Chellar Kovil
- Anakkara
- Mangala Devi Temple
- Pattumalay
- Pattumalay Tea Factory
- Boat tragedy
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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thumb|Rafting in Thekkady thumb|Elephants in Thekkady thumb|Boating Thekkady () in Idukki district is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India. The name Thekkady is derived from the word "thekku" which means teak and "adi" meaning bottom. Temperatures are lowest in the months of December–January and highest in the months of April–May.
== Overview == Thekkady is situated about from Trivandrum, 145 km from Cochin International Airport and 114 km from Kottayam railway station. It is 4 km from Kumily, a plantation town on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The sanctuary is famous for its dense evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests and savanna grass lands. It is home to herds of elephants, sambar, tigers, gaur, lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri langurs. Due to the density of the forest, sightings of elephants and especially tigers are highly unlikely.
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