Meghalaya’s amazing living root bridges

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Meghalaya, a state of lush green beauty and rainy environment is also known for its deep dense forest with a lot of living root bridges handmade by the khasi tribe and war jaintia people of mountain terrain along with the contribution of nature over the flowing river or trenches. These natural bridges are not made up of cement or concrete rather these natural bridges are formed by aerial roots of Banyan trees. These roots are made to grow through trees and take a long time of 15 or more years to grow and become such strong to withstand human weight.

 These pliable aerial roots are large in number and are so intertwined that one can’t find the starting and ending of these roots. These astonishing and incredible natural constructions are so fantastic that if you take a pic of these bridges, it feels like you are taking pic of a giant copse like creature. We are sure that you will definitely want to visit there. In Meghalaya, these root bridges are large in number and we have suggested some

Umshiang Double Decker Root Bridge

Umshiang double decker root bridge

Ummunoi Root Bridge

Ummunoi-living root bridge meghalaya india

Umkar Root Bridge

Umkar-living root bridge meghalaya india

Ritymman Root Bridge

Ritymman-living root bridge meghalaya india

Mawsaw Root Bridge

living root bridge meghalaya india

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