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Detailed explanation-1: -With a total area of 237.5 sq km and a core area of 89.54 sq km, the Silent Valley National Park located in Palakkad district of Kerala is unique in many ways.

Detailed explanation-2: -This National Park is additionally called “silent” because of the absence of chirping cicadas. 3. The park is also known as “Sairandhrivanam"( Sairandhri forest). Here Sairandhri refers to Drauoadi who disguised herself as Sairandhri, queen Sudeshna’s assistant during the exile of Pandavas.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1847, Robert Wright made the first investigations in the Silent Valley area. There are many legends as to how the valley got its name. One theory is that the British named it so, because of the absence of the Cicadas. Another theory says it is the Anglicisation of Siarandhri.