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[[File:Strobilanths kunthiana.jpg|thumb|[[Neelakurinji]]]]<br />
'''Kurinjimala Sanctuary''' protects the approximately 32 [[hectare]] core habitat of the endangered [[Neelakurinji]] plant in the [[Kottakamboor]] and [[Vattavada]] villages in [[Devikulam]] Taluk, in the [[Idukki district]] of [[Kerala]], a state in southern [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kurinjimala Sanctuary|url=http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/images/flash/kmala.pdf|publisher=forest.kerala.gov.in|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref>http://kurinji.in/kurinjimap.html</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
According to some historians, the earliest known inhabitants of southern India were hunter-gatherers who inhabited Kurinjimala.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajagopalan |first1=Krishnaswamy |title=A Brief History of Physical Education in India (New Edition) |publisher=Google Books |isbn=978-1-4918-8722-6 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Brief_History_of_Physical_Education_in/eYD1AgAAQBAJ?hl=en |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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The sanctuary was declared by the Kerala Forest Minister Benoy Viswam at the Neelakurinji Fest at [[Munnar]] on 7 October 2006. During the 2006 bloom, massive flowering of Neelakurinji attracted nearly ten lakh (1,000,000) people to Munnar and other places.<ref>Mathew Roy (7 May 2007) "Neelakurinji - generation next" the Hindu, retrieved 5/12/2007 [http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050708970400.htm the Hindu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001090435/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050708970400.htm |date=1 October 2007 }}</ref><br />
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The Government notification said that the sanctuary would ensure the long-term protection of the unique [[biodiversity]] of the area, especially ''Strobilanthes kunthiana'' and its habitat. Private land holdings having legal titles are excluded from the sanctuary area. <br />
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==Wildlife==<br />
The sanctuary is home to threatened species of [[Indian elephant|elephant]], [[gaur]], [[nilgiri tahr]] and [[deer]]. <br />
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The new sanctuary is contiguous to the [[Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary]] to the northwest, [[Manjampatti Valley]] in Amaravati Reserve Forest of [[Indira Gandhi National Park|Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary]] to the northeast, [[Eravikulam National Park]] and [[Anamudi Shola National Park]] to the west, [[Pampadum Shola National Park]] to the south and the proposed [[Palani Hills National Park]] to the east. The sanctuary provides continuity and connectivity to these five protected areas.<ref>Government of Kerala, Forest and Wildlife Department, Notification No. 36/2006 F&WLD (6 October 2006) retrieved 5/12/2007 ''[http://kurinji.in/sro.html Kerala Gazette] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230112312/http://kurinji.in/sro.html |date=30 December 2007 }}''</ref><ref>Mathew Roy (25 September 2006) "Proposal for Kurinjimala sanctuary awaits Cabinet nod", retrieved 5/12/2007 ''[http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/25/stories/2006092510910400.htm The Hindu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045106/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/25/stories/2006092510910400.htm |date=1 October 2007 }}''</ref><br />
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==Silambam==<br />
The [[Indian martial arts|Indian martial art]] of [[Silambam]], known to be practiced by the [[Tamils|Tamil people]], originated in the Kurinji hills. It derives its name from the Tamil word ''silam'', meaning hill, and the [[Kannada]] word ''bamboo'' from which the English word [[bamboo]] originates. The term ''silambambu'' referred to a particular type of bamboo from Kurinjimala.<ref name="fitindia">{{cite web|title=Martial Arts (Silambam & Kalaripayattu)|url=https://fitindia.gov.in/events/martial-arts-sillambam-kalaripayattu/|publisher=fitindia.gov.in|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> The silambam staff is known as ''neduvadi'' in [[Kerala]], ''dhanta varisai'' in [[Karnataka]], and ''karra saamu'' in [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Experts |first1=Arihant |title=Indian Art & Culture |publisher=Arihant Publications India limited |isbn=978-93-5094-484-4 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Indian_Art_Culture/ohvzDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=chilambam+kerala&pg=PA182&printsec=frontcover |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:Geography of Idukki district]]</div>>Kalariwarrior