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Jatayu nature park at chadayamangalam

Jatayupara(Jadayupara) at Chadayamangalam is getting ready with the attraction of international standards. Soon the Jatayupara will become the Jatayu nature park. The Jatayu Para, having mythical importance, is a 1,200-feet high rock standing on an area of sixty acres. The park will have the largest bird sculpture of the world on top of the hill(200 feet long, 150 feet broad, 70 feet in height and having 15,000 square foot of floor area). The sculpture is that of the mythical bird Jatayu, who is said to have fallen after the fight with the Asura King Ravan who Kidnapped Sita, the wife of Lord Rama. History of Jatayupara The place has connections to the stories in the Hindu Indian epic called the Ramayana. History says that, when Ravan the king of asuras, kidnapped “Sita” wife of Lord Sri Rama and tried to take her to his kingdom Lanka, Jatayu the huge bird opposes and result in a battle between them. Jatayu is the son of Aruna and nephew of Garuda who has the form of a vulture. When Ravan was …