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Living root bridges are a remarkable example of bioengineering that may be seen deep within the lush woods of Meghalaya, one of the most rain-soaked regions in India. The Khasi and Jaintia tribes ...

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia visited Meghalaya's famous living root bridges, praising them as symbols of harmony ...

Pynursla: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday expressed awe at Meghalaya’s famed living root bridges, describing ...

When it comes to aptly named destinations, the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya is up there with the best. Meaning “abode of the clouds,” it’s home to the top two wettest places on earth, according ...

Forget the Golden Gate Bridge, the George Washington, the Ponte Vecchio and even that infamous one in Brooklyn. The most astounding bridges in the world are the least known and less crossed, found ...

Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Jyotiraditya Scindia, has expressed deep admiration for Meghalaya’s world-renowned Living Root Bridges and the famed Mawmluh Cave. On ...

In mountainous northeast India, the sinewy bridges that span the region’s rivers and streams are natural—and man-made—wonders. They’re fashioned from the pliable, strong roots of Ficus elastica, a ...

It was a cloudy monsoon afternoon, and I had been trailing my guide Bah Drong for over an hour. Despite the slight but persistent drizzle, Bah Drong marched along unfazed, his seasoned calf muscles ...

Bridges span a divide, usually a river, that separates two locations. Bridges have always been essential for allowing easy communication and human mobility between the two sides. In the past, kingdoms ...