Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years
After driving through the buffer zone, one arrives at the gate to the core area. Beyond this lies a forest with an evolutionary age of at least 50 million years
Silent Valley is one of India's few rainforests. It is deep and virtually impenetrable. So secluded is Silent Valley that there is no written record of any human habitation in its core area.
Seen from the 30-metre-tall watch tower in the core area is a plaque commemorating the formal inaugration of Silent Valley National Park by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on September 7, 1985
Seen from the 30-metre-tall watch tower in the core area is a plaque commemorating the formal inaugration of Silent Valley National Park by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on September 7, 1985
The Kunthipuzha river flows through a dense foliage of trees. The river is named after Kunti, the mother of Pandavas. The hydopower project planned on this river in the 80s never saw the light of day, thanks to the environmental movement opposing the disaster. Silent Valley has remained untouched since then.
The Kunthipuzha river flows through a dense foliage of trees. The river is named after Kunti, the mother of Pandavas. The hydopower project planned on this river in the 80s never saw the light of day, thanks to the environmental movement opposing the disaster. Silent Valley has remained untouched since then.
The Kunthipuzha river flows through a dense foliage of trees. The river is named after Kunti, the mother of Pandavas. The hydopower project planned on this river in the 80s never saw the light of day, thanks to the environmental movement opposing the disaster. Silent Valley has remained untouched since then.
Seen from the 30-metre-tall watch tower in the core area is a plaque commemorating the formal inaugration of Silent Valley National Park by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on September 7, 1985
Seen from the 30-metre-tall watch tower in the core area is a plaque commemorating the formal inaugration of Silent Valley National Park by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on September 7, 1985
Seen from the 30-metre-tall watch tower in the core area is a plaque commemorating the formal inaugration of Silent Valley National Park by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on September 7, 1985