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55. Tribal Heritage Museum
























                here are five tribal communities live        into the history of the tribal community
            Tin the Periyar area. You can see their          here that includes artifacts from earlier
            belongings in the Tribal Heritage Museum         times.  It provides a peep into the
            here     during    the    Tribal    Heritage     community’s       original    culture    and
            Programme  organised  by  the  reserve.          lifestyle. The tour organized as part of
            One can see traditional fishing gear,            the Tribal Heritage Programme can be
            hunting implements and indigenous                taken every day in the morning and
            medicinal plants. This is an interesting as      evening - from 8 am to 12 noon and 2 pm
            well as informative trip. The Tribal             to 4 pm. The visitors are taken on the
            Heritage Museum, set up by the                   nature trail in groups by a tribal guide.
            government tourism authorities inside            The trekkers are advised to wear light
            the Mannan settlement, is well worth a           clothes of cotton and to carry drinking
            visit. The museum provides a glimpse             water.

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