UNESCO is considering adding Meghalaya's Living Root-Bridges to its index of World Heritage Sites. We asked you dear readers to send us your photographs and describe your experience of visiting ...

Discover the real Northeast India — beyond headlines, beyond stereotypes. This powerful 4K cinematic journey reveals a land of indigenous beauty, resilience, and living traditions that the rest ...

Subscribe for ads-free reading. The living root bridges or jing kieng jri of India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya have been included in UNESCO’s tentative list as a preliminary step for the ...

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Meghalaya, the abode of clouds in northeastern India, is home to an extraordinary marvel known as ‘Living Root Bridges.’ These unique structures are not just architectural wonders but living ...

Tourists from all over India travel to Meghalaya to see the living root bridges. Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco. Stone steps connect the double-decker root bridge in Cheerapunji.

Global attention, a growing tourist crowd and, at times, plain functionality trigger a new growth spurt in the living root bridges. Explore. Sign in. e-paper Subscribe Sign In. Sunday, 6 April 2025.

The living root bridges of Meghalaya have become a source of livelihood for locals through tourism. They have now inspired a new type of architecture that uses plants as construction material.