UNESCO is looking at adding another Indian locale to its prestigious index of World Heritage Sites -- Meghalaya's Living Root-Bridges ... access for many remote high villages in this rugged ...

Living root bridges in Meghalaya's forests illustrate an exceptional blend of natural engineering and cultural tradition. Crafted by the Khasi and Jaintia tribes using Ficus elastica roots ...

"Our ancestors were so clever," says Syiemlieh, "When they couldn't cross rivers, they made Jingkieng Jri – the living root bridges." Meghalaya ... water levels rose high, Khasi villagers ...

Photograph by Giulio Di Sturco 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 ...

Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the North East Indian Meghalaya plateau to the ... already been a lot of discussion of the Living Root Bridges in the media and in blogs, but there ...

But in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya ... the bridges may be anywhere from ten to 30 metres in span. Unlike most artificial structures, they are able to withstand the high level ...

Stone, concrete, asphalt heat up rapidly at high ambient temperatures ... a traveller’s itinerary in Meghalaya. Over the years, paths leading to living root bridges have seen a rise in the ...

Officials carrying poll material traversing through a double-decker suspension living root bridge in a remote village in Meghalaya ... small ‘living root’ bridges, before trekking down ...