File:Living Root Bridge.jpg
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English: There's a large living root bridge near Mawlynnong village -- and it's readily accessible. Renowned for being declared the cleanest village in Asia, scenic Mawlynnong also promotes itself as "God's Own Garden". The village is located near the Bangladesh border, around three hours from Shillong. To reach the root bridge, drive to Riwai village, a few kilometers before Mawlynnong. From there, it's approximately a 15 minute walk one way.
Meghalaya's double-decker and single-decker root bridges are unique in the world and are a sight to behold. The bridges are tangles of massive thick roots, which have been intermingled to form a bridge that can hold several people at a time. Khasi people have been trained to grow these bridges across the raised banks of streams to form a solid bridge, made from roots. The living bridges are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree, which produces a series of secondary roots that are perched atop huge boulders along the streams or the riverbanks to form bridges. The root bridges, some of which are over a hundred feet long, take ten to fifteen years to become fully functional, but they’re extraordinarily strong – strong enough that some of them can support the weight of fifty or more people at a time. The bridges are alive and still growing and gain strength over time. |
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Author | AditiVerma2193 |
Camera location | 25° 12′ 10.44″ N, 91° 53′ 57.84″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 25.202900; 91.899400 |
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Author | Aditi Verma |
Unique ID of original document | 41B14043938B169609E7369A867ABF94 |
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