# Calicut University garden named heritage site

> Kerala designates the Calicut University Biodiversity Garden as a protected heritage site under national biodiversity law.
- Title: Calicut University garden named heritage site · The Hindu
- Summary: Kerala designates the Calicut University Biodiversity Garden as a protected heritage site under national biodiversity law.
- Keywords: calicut university, biodiversity heritage site, tenhipalam, malappuram, kerala, biological diversity act, The Hindu
- Source: The Hindu — https://thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cu-garden-notified-as-biodiversity-heritage-site/article71670566.ece
- Author: The Hindu Bureau
- Published: 2026-11-05T15:04:17+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: calicut university, biodiversity heritage site, tenhipalam, malappuram, kerala, biological diversity act, news, politics
## Kerala protects university garden
The State government has notified the Calicut University Biodiversity Garden at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site.
## Decision made under biodiversity law
The gazette notification was issued on October thirty-first in consultation with the Kerala State Biodiversity Board, under Section thirty-seven of the Biological Diversity Act, two thousand two.
## Garden opened in nineteen seventy-two
The garden was inaugurated in nineteen seventy-two by R.E. Holttum, then Director of Singapore Botanical Garden, and features tropical India flora and exotic species.
## Key takeaway

Kerala has notified Calicut University's Biodiversity Garden at Tenhipalam as a heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.