Enter the grove at
Mawphlang Sacred Grove in January
The forest the Khasi never cut.
Quick answer. Dry winter. The strongest hiking, caving and camping window; high areas can see frost and sub-zero mornings. For Mawphlang Sacred Grove specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Status
- Sacred grove, protected by custom
- From Shillong
- About 25km
- Rule
- Remove nothing
- Month
- January, Meghalaya
- This month
- Dry winter.
Why January here
A protected sacred grove of old-growth cloud forest, monoliths and Khasi tradition.
The Mawphlang sacred grove is old-growth forest protected by Khasi religious law: nothing may be removed from it, not a leaf. Local guides walk you through moss-heavy trees, rare orchids and the monoliths at the grove’s edge that mark the ceremonial ground.
What to do
Guided grove walk
Local guides explain the law of the forest.
Monoliths
Standing stones at the grove’s ceremonial edge.
Pair it with
Mawphlang Sacred Grove in January, planned properly
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