Kerala
(['keËÂɹəˌÉÂÉÂ] (help·info); Malayalam: à ´•à µ‡à ´°à ´³à ´‚,
â€" KÄ"raḷaá¹Â) is a state on the
Malabar Coast of southwestern India. To its east
and northeast,
Kerala
borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; to its west
and south lie the Indian Ocean islands of Lakshadweep
and the Maldives, respectively.
Kerala
envelops MahÃ(c), a coastal exclave of Pondicherry.
Kerala
is one of four states that
compose the linguistic-cultural region known as
South India.
Thattekkad, is made up of dense tropical evergreen and deciduous forest and grassland patches, housing a population of over 500 species of exotic birds. 
