Churulipetti village inside the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki is the location where Kerala’s first woman hunter - Sikkari Kuttiyamma - set up a settlement and lived for nearly three decades.

Kurinjimala Sanctuary protects the Kurinji within a 32 km² core habitat in Kottakamboor and Vattavada villages, Idukki district, Kerala. The historical novel Kurinji Flowers by Clare Flynn uses ...