Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a secureregion in the localities of Idukki and Pathanamthitta in Kerala state, south India. It is prominent for an elephant spare and a tiger spare. The cozyregionshields an area of 925 km2 (357 sq mi). 350 km2 (140 sq mi) of the centralregion was confirmed as the Periyar National Park in 1982.

• 1895 - Creation of the MullaperiyarStem
• 1899 - Development of the Periyar Stream Reserve
• 1933 - S.C.H. Robinson completed the major game curator
• 1934 - Foundation of Nellikkampatty Game Sanctuary
• 1950 - Alliance of Periyar as a Wildlife sanctuary
• 1978 - Announcement of Periyar as a Tiger Reserve
• 1982 - Initialstatement of the centralzone as a National Park
• 1991 - Carried under Scheme Elephant
• 1996 - India Eco expansion Project propelled
• 2001 - Updated as two Dissections: Periyar East and Periyar West
• 2004 – Creation of Periyar Groundwork
• 2007 – Adding of 148 km2 from Goodrical Range of Ranni Division.
• 2012 - An extra 148 km2 of immortalwoodland at Ponnambalameduunderneath the PTR was taken under the tiger reserve.

• Kumily - 4 km
• Kottayam - 100km
• Madurai - 110 km
• Kochi - 120 km

• Fauna
  1. Mammals: PeriyarWildlife Sanctuary is famous for its elephants. Overall 62 various types of animals beingnoted in Periyar, together withseveralvulnerable ones. It is noticeablysuperiortoRanthambore National Park for perceiving tigers. Periyar is anextremelysecure tiger reserve and elephant reserve. Probably 53 tigers (2010) are there.
     Travelers also come here to perceive the Indian elephants in the act of ablution and livelinessthrough the Periyar River. The number of elephant is about 900 to 1000. Additionalanimals found here comprise gaur, mongoose, Bison, barking deer, mouse deer, Dholes (Indian wild dogs), sambar (horse deer),  foxes and leopards. The indefinableNilgiritahr also dwelling the park; however hardly seen.
     Four kinds of monkeys are found at Periyar - the erratic lion-tailed macaque, the NilgiriLangur, the common langur, and the Cap Macaque.
  2. Birds: 320 various types of birdies have been totaled in Periyar. The birdie life comprises darters, cormorants, kingfishers, the excessive Malabar Multicolored Hornbill and racket-tailed Drongos.
  3. Reptiles: There are 45 diversetypes of reptile in the shelteredzone out of which there are 30 serpent, two turtle, and 13 lizard types. Among those are Monitor lizards that can be markedlying in the sun on the stalwarts along the rivercoast. Tourists who walk into the Periyar national park frequentlyperceive a Python and occasionally even a Ruler Cobra.
  4. Amphibians: Twenty seven various types have been noted, of which ten are widespread to the Western Ghats, such as certaintypes of frogs and caecilians.
  5. Fish: In the soaks of the endangered area 38 various fish kindsalive, of which four are common to the Western Ghats. Salmon and Trout are few of the fish existing here.
  6. Insects: There is anamazingrangeof butterflies and there are near 160 various types in total. A number ofinsects are unsafe enough to make a human extremelycruel.

• Flora:Nearly 75% of the totalsecurezone is enclosed of naturalimmortal or semi-evergreen hailwoodland. There normallyhighsultry tree kinds such as Vateriaindica,Culleniaexarillata, Hopeaparviflora, Canariumstrictum, Artocarpushirsutus and Bischofiajavanica are grasped. They grasptallness of 40 to 50 Meters.Hardly 13% comprises of moistshrubberieswoodland, 7% of Eucalyptus cultivated area and 1.5% of parkland. The rest (around 3.5%) of the endangered area is roofed by the Periyarimitation lake and the PeriyarWaterway and Pambawaterways.