Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamilnadu: Kalakad
Mundanthurai (Mundandurai) Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary
situated within tropical wet evergreen forests (rainforests) located at
just 50 km from the city of Tirunelveli (Nellai) on theWestern Ghats.
The sanctuary is said to be established during 1962 in a view to under
the rehabilitation programme of conserving the national animal, Tiger.
Both Kalakkad Wildlife Sanctuary and Mundanthurai Wildlife Sanctuary
were established simultaneously and both the sanctuaries are conjoined
with each other.