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Cherrapunji, known traditionally by its indigenous name Sohra, is a high tableland at 1,430 metres on the southern face of the East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya.
Dawki and Mawlynnong sit in the southern hills of Meghalaya near the Bangladesh border, known for the crystal-clear Umngot River and for Mawlynnong's title as…
The range takes its name from the Garo people who live in it, and it forms part of the larger Garo-Khasi range running through Meghalaya.
Three tiers, and the last one is where it gets interesting: the water splits into two rivulets that pick up speed and rejoin on the final leg.
Nobody has confirmed the height. The figure everyone quotes is around 337 metres, which would make it the 47th highest in India, and the fact that it has…
Maw phlang means grassy stone, and like many Khasi settlements this one is named for its monoliths.
Mawsynram, the wettest place on earth, and the nearby village of Nongriat anchor southern Meghalaya's wonder-region of living root bridges, deep gorges and…
India's tallest plunge waterfall drops 340 metres in a single fall, into a pool of an odd green shade that most people notice before they take in the height.
Seven separate streams over the lip of a limestone cliff, 315 metres down and about 70 metres across on average, but only while it is raining.
Someone dug this. The folktale gives the credit to Sajar Nangli, a young man who set his followers to the work in the middle ages, and the lake still carries…
Anything you want to do in western Meghalaya starts here. Tura sits in the foothills of the Nokrek range and does double duty as the administrative and…
You get this one from the car, in the good sense: it comes into view on the drive from Shillong to Cherrapunji, drops somewhere between 170 and 190 metres off…
