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.
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
The Lion Tailed Macaque has been classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The animal had become the mascot of the Save Silent Valley movement in the 1970s and 80s, with protestors arguing that a hydropower project would destroy its habitat
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.
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