Mathikettan Shola National Park is a 12.82 km² national park in Poopara village of Udumbanchola taluk in Idukki district of Kerala state, South India. It was notified as a national park in November 2008.
The name Mathikettan derives from the Tamil word literally meaning 'mind confuser', as the local people say that one forgets the path once he enters into the park. It was notified as a national park to protect the wildlife and rich biodiversity of the area. The shola forest in the area is bestowed with geological, faunal, floral, and geomorphological wealth.
Elephants which visit Mathikettan Shola from the Munnar Division become trapped between the Bodinayakkanur and Kottamalai areas. This is due to private establishments on the northern side of Mathikettan, as well as degraded forests and human settlements on the southern side in areas of Chinnamanur Forest beat in Gudalur range.
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