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Why Famous
  • Major attractions in meghalaya: ward’s lake, elephant falls, mawsynram.
  • Meghalaya is famous for its honey.
  • The people of meghalaya are famous for their weaving skills and creating cane mats, stools, and baskets.
  • Meghalaya is famous for a very unique stone which has natural embroidery colour in itself.
  • Cherrapunjee is one of the most popular tourist spots in north east of india.

 

Facts Destination
  • Meghalaya is a small state in north-eastern India.
  • The state is bounded on the north by Assam and by Bangladesh on the south.
  • The capital is Shillong also known as the Scotland of the East, which has a population of 260,000.
  • The forests of Meghalaya are notable for their biodiversity of mammals, birds, and plants.
Area Info
  • Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long (east-west) and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi (22,720 km²).
  • The highest point in the Garo hills is the Nokrek Peak with an altitude of 1515 m.
  • Forests occupy an area 8,510 sq km.
Why Visit
  • If you enjoy the sheer thrill of a quick drizzle, come to Meghalaya.
  • Meghalaya differs from other hill stations in some ways.
  • The pristine hills and sinister gorges of Shillong have bracketed the Adventure Tourism concept.

 

Best Time
  • Between the months of March and July.
Transport
  • The partition of the country has created severe infrastructure constraints for the Northeastern region, with merely 2% of the perimeter of the region adjoining the rest of the country.
  • Meghalaya is a land locked state with a large number of small settlements in remote areas.
  • A significant portion of the roads in the state are still un-metalled.
  • Assam has a major railhead as well as an airport with regular train and air services to the rest of the country.
  • It has a small airport at Umroi, about 40 km from Shillong on the Guwahati-Shillong highway.
  • The small size of the airport does not allow the operations of large aircraft and only small aircraft operate from Kolkata and Agartala, the capital of the neighbouring State of Tripura.
Precautions
  • Avoid public drunkenness and drugs.
  • Do not take photographs of places (i.e military base, religious place, etc.) where filming is restricted.
Lifestyle
  • The main tribes in meghalaya are the jaintias, the khasis and the garos.
  • The khasi and jaintia tribesmen follow the traditional matrilineal norm.
  • Meghalaya are therefore a part of what may be the world\'s largest surviving matrilineal culture.
  • Weaving and making cane mats, stools and baskets are the major occupations of the people.
  • Doregata dance, Chambil Mesara or Pomelo dance, Nongkrem dance and the Lahoo dance are the major varieties of dance.