Cherrapunjee Mawsynram Shillong Guwahati
During my school days, it was the 1 marks question in the social science subject. And the question is “Which is highest rainfall place in India?” and the answer for that question was cherrapunjee, later the answer became Mawsynram because earlier cherrapunjee used to get highest rainfall, now a days Mawsynram is getting highest rainfall.
Thus I used to think, how could be that place?
Whether its rain 24 hours in that place?
Whether the place is covered with full greenery?
And unknowingly I got developed with inner desire to visit at least once to that place, and that desire became real this month.
Day 1 – June 3rd
I and Saha (my wife) started from Bijapur (my home town, a city in north part of Karnataka state) in the afternoon reached to Gulbarga (another city in north part of Karnataka state). Started at 7.00 pm from Gulbarga through Hussain sagar express railway to Mumbai.
Day 2 – June 4th
Reached Mumbai at around 5.30 in the morning.
Even at 5.30 am, Mumbai railway station has crowd.
Took a taxi to Airport and got fresh and gone to checked-in counter, the flight was at 10.30 am to Guwahati .As usual news from airlines that 1 hour delay to the flight. Started at 11.30 am, reached to Guwahati at 2.30 pm
A Mumbia city from the plane.
Guwahati is a capital city of Assam and also entrance point to the North-Eastern part of the India. People coming from different parts of India use this city as the base point for to reaching north eastern India. We felt as if, we came to different world. From looking this, I can understand the real meaning of “Unity in Diversity” about India, A South Indian find the North Eastern India with vast cultural difference, difference in appearance of the people, people in accent or style of talking, yet having same inner feeling of identity, the feeling that we are Indians. From airport, we took a shared taxi and started our journey to Shillong. Here Taxi’s are main mode of transports, public transportation facilities is very less. Cost of transportation especially in shillong and cherrapunjee is more.
In taxi, we got the company of nice lady, who is native of shillong, shared us a lot of information about the surrounding place and also about their culture. People are very talkative here, but you need to start a conversion, once you start chat with them, it will only end when both departs.
It took three to three and half hours to reach Shillong and reached 7.00 pm. Shillong is capital city of Meghalaya, Everything here get closed by 8.00 pm, thus checked in the one of hotel in area called police bazaar, a happening place of the city.
Meghalaya(Explain tradition TBD)
Day 3 - June 5th
Got up in the morning, had breakfast, Roamed in the main market, as Umbrella and sweaters are famous here, we took some Umbrella and sweaters for us.
Shillong police bazaar (the centre place of city).
we headed to heaven (the cherrapunjee), this time we tried buses, here there is no government buses, all are run by privates, we booked a resort called Cherrapunjee holiday resort, a nice resort run by family which is located in the valley, 15kms after cherrapunjee. From shillong to Cherrapunjee, it is 60 kms, from cherrapunjee to Resort its 15kms.Cherrapunjee is part of east khasi hills, and the people are also called as khasi people of khasi tribal.The Khasis have a matrilineal and Matrilocal society means, female dominated society, she owns children and property of ancestors. married man has come to woman house and leave(reverse of male dominat society).
Some views from shillong to cherrapunjee
you can see water everywhere in this place.
Cherrapunjee is not the small village, it’s a bigger than that, it’s a town.
From Cherrapunjee to resort, we need to go through a deep valley, consisting of countless Water falls, we reached the resort at 3.00 pm and had feel of surrounding.
The Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort, where we stayed for four days.
That day we didn’t go anywhere, we were tired of 2 days long journey, and just we sat in front of resort, and swallowed through ours eyes spectacular views of surrounding, which made us dumb.
Breath taking views from resort, we can see water falls in some photos
We can see the Bangladesh from back side of resort.
Cherrapunjee is border to Bangladesh, many people form Bangladesh also come to this resort.
We can see Cherrapunjee in his map border to Bangladesh.
In the night, some local music with dance, these are all khasi songs.
Day 4 – June 6th
We went to see the different view-points surrounding cherrapunjee, we can book taxi for one day, and he will show all the places surrounding cherrapunjee.
Seven sisters falls
Khoh Ramhah- pillar rock
Kynrem Falls
Mawsmai cave
Nohkalikai waterfall
Day 5 – June 7th
We went to see the Mawsynram, a place 65km from cherrapunjee, and place which is holding currently the record of highest rainfall in the india.
Mawjymbuin cave, which contains the stone exactly like lingam(people worship too), and every second or two, a droplet of water falls on the lingam naturally.
Cloudy Mawsyram
Jakrem Hot Water Spring
As we can steam coming out of hot water spring.
Day 6 – June 8th
We went for Double decker trekking, Double decker is the name of root bridge formed by root of bridges.below are photographs on the way.
A guy from carrying things to his remote village, which can be only accessed through foot.Imagine hard work they do to lead their life.
Day 7 – June 9th
We left to shillong, visited and did sightseeing of shillong, some of the photos of it.
Valley near to Dympep/Mawkdok bridge
Coal mining near cherrapunjee which is polluting this place.
Thanks to the tourist as they are also polluting this place by these garbage.
elephanta water falls
We are dressed as khasi tribals(one of tribe of meghalaya).
Shillong city view from the far.
Palm tree similar to christmas tree, a dont know the exact name of them, the whole shillong are is covered with these kind of trees.
These flowers are very costly and rare in bangalore, but we can see these in every garden.
Skin of big snake in one of museum of shillong.
Day 8 – June 10th
This day we just left shillong and checked-in Guwahati and roamed around market of Guwahati.
Day 9 – June 11th
Nepali style ganesh temple.
A subhash chandra bose staute , which i never seen in any of street of south india.
Kamakhya temple, a famous tantrik temple of india, is also a one of the shakti peeta.
The old tantrik method, person used to worship yoni of woman to get tantrik energy and this statues depicts this, which is on the wall of temple.
Giving bali(animal sacrifice in hinduism) of goats and pigeon is normal here.
A big shiva linga in one of the temple of guwahati.
way to Umananda Temple, which is in middle of brahamaputra river.
brahamaputra river.
Day 10th – June 12th
Back to bangalore after total ten days of exciting trip,these tens went like a beat dream of our life. now both me and my wife has decided, from now onwards every year we have to do long trips.
Thus I used to think, how could be that place?
Whether its rain 24 hours in that place?
Whether the place is covered with full greenery?
And unknowingly I got developed with inner desire to visit at least once to that place, and that desire became real this month.
Day 1 – June 3rd
I and Saha (my wife) started from Bijapur (my home town, a city in north part of Karnataka state) in the afternoon reached to Gulbarga (another city in north part of Karnataka state). Started at 7.00 pm from Gulbarga through Hussain sagar express railway to Mumbai.
Day 2 – June 4th
Reached Mumbai at around 5.30 in the morning.
Even at 5.30 am, Mumbai railway station has crowd.
Took a taxi to Airport and got fresh and gone to checked-in counter, the flight was at 10.30 am to Guwahati .As usual news from airlines that 1 hour delay to the flight. Started at 11.30 am, reached to Guwahati at 2.30 pm
A Mumbia city from the plane.
Guwahati is a capital city of Assam and also entrance point to the North-Eastern part of the India. People coming from different parts of India use this city as the base point for to reaching north eastern India. We felt as if, we came to different world. From looking this, I can understand the real meaning of “Unity in Diversity” about India, A South Indian find the North Eastern India with vast cultural difference, difference in appearance of the people, people in accent or style of talking, yet having same inner feeling of identity, the feeling that we are Indians. From airport, we took a shared taxi and started our journey to Shillong. Here Taxi’s are main mode of transports, public transportation facilities is very less. Cost of transportation especially in shillong and cherrapunjee is more.
In taxi, we got the company of nice lady, who is native of shillong, shared us a lot of information about the surrounding place and also about their culture. People are very talkative here, but you need to start a conversion, once you start chat with them, it will only end when both departs.
It took three to three and half hours to reach Shillong and reached 7.00 pm. Shillong is capital city of Meghalaya, Everything here get closed by 8.00 pm, thus checked in the one of hotel in area called police bazaar, a happening place of the city.
Meghalaya(Explain tradition TBD)
Day 3 - June 5th
Got up in the morning, had breakfast, Roamed in the main market, as Umbrella and sweaters are famous here, we took some Umbrella and sweaters for us.
Shillong police bazaar (the centre place of city).
we headed to heaven (the cherrapunjee), this time we tried buses, here there is no government buses, all are run by privates, we booked a resort called Cherrapunjee holiday resort, a nice resort run by family which is located in the valley, 15kms after cherrapunjee. From shillong to Cherrapunjee, it is 60 kms, from cherrapunjee to Resort its 15kms.Cherrapunjee is part of east khasi hills, and the people are also called as khasi people of khasi tribal.The Khasis have a matrilineal and Matrilocal society means, female dominated society, she owns children and property of ancestors. married man has come to woman house and leave(reverse of male dominat society).
Some views from shillong to cherrapunjee
you can see water everywhere in this place.
Cherrapunjee is not the small village, it’s a bigger than that, it’s a town.
From Cherrapunjee to resort, we need to go through a deep valley, consisting of countless Water falls, we reached the resort at 3.00 pm and had feel of surrounding.
The Cherrapunjee Holiday Resort, where we stayed for four days.
That day we didn’t go anywhere, we were tired of 2 days long journey, and just we sat in front of resort, and swallowed through ours eyes spectacular views of surrounding, which made us dumb.
Breath taking views from resort, we can see water falls in some photos
We can see the Bangladesh from back side of resort.
Cherrapunjee is border to Bangladesh, many people form Bangladesh also come to this resort.
We can see Cherrapunjee in his map border to Bangladesh.
In the night, some local music with dance, these are all khasi songs.
Day 4 – June 6th
We went to see the different view-points surrounding cherrapunjee, we can book taxi for one day, and he will show all the places surrounding cherrapunjee.
Seven sisters falls
Khoh Ramhah- pillar rock
Kynrem Falls
Mawsmai cave
Nohkalikai waterfall
Day 5 – June 7th
We went to see the Mawsynram, a place 65km from cherrapunjee, and place which is holding currently the record of highest rainfall in the india.
Mawjymbuin cave, which contains the stone exactly like lingam(people worship too), and every second or two, a droplet of water falls on the lingam naturally.
Cloudy Mawsyram
Jakrem Hot Water Spring
As we can steam coming out of hot water spring.
Day 6 – June 8th
We went for Double decker trekking, Double decker is the name of root bridge formed by root of bridges.below are photographs on the way.
A guy from carrying things to his remote village, which can be only accessed through foot.Imagine hard work they do to lead their life.
Day 7 – June 9th
We left to shillong, visited and did sightseeing of shillong, some of the photos of it.
Valley near to Dympep/Mawkdok bridge
Coal mining near cherrapunjee which is polluting this place.
Thanks to the tourist as they are also polluting this place by these garbage.
elephanta water falls
We are dressed as khasi tribals(one of tribe of meghalaya).
Shillong city view from the far.
Palm tree similar to christmas tree, a dont know the exact name of them, the whole shillong are is covered with these kind of trees.
These flowers are very costly and rare in bangalore, but we can see these in every garden.
Skin of big snake in one of museum of shillong.
Day 8 – June 10th
This day we just left shillong and checked-in Guwahati and roamed around market of Guwahati.
Day 9 – June 11th
Nepali style ganesh temple.
A subhash chandra bose staute , which i never seen in any of street of south india.
Kamakhya temple, a famous tantrik temple of india, is also a one of the shakti peeta.
The old tantrik method, person used to worship yoni of woman to get tantrik energy and this statues depicts this, which is on the wall of temple.
Giving bali(animal sacrifice in hinduism) of goats and pigeon is normal here.
A big shiva linga in one of the temple of guwahati.
way to Umananda Temple, which is in middle of brahamaputra river.
brahamaputra river.
Day 10th – June 12th
Back to bangalore after total ten days of exciting trip,these tens went like a beat dream of our life. now both me and my wife has decided, from now onwards every year we have to do long trips.
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