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Things to do in Jowai

The Jaintia hills’ town of festivals and falls.

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Plateau town landscape, representative of Jowai
October to April; July for Behdienkhlam.

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The short version: Pnar country: Behdienkhlam in July, Thadlaskein lake and the Krang Suri road.

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Behdienkhlam

The painted-khnong procession and pool ritual.

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Nartiang monoliths

Hundreds of standing stones, cluster after cluster.

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Pnar (Jaintia)
Festival
Behdienkhlam, July
From Shillong
About 64km

The Nartiang monoliths, one of the largest megalith collections in India, sit up the road.

Best time: October to April; July for Behdienkhlam.

Practicals

Permits & season for Meghalaya

No entry permit for Indian nationals; foreign nationals register at checkposts.

October to May works; the monsoon is the point in Cherrapunji and Mawsynram, and the fiercest anywhere in India.

Jowai month by month

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Festivals tied to Jowai

Behdienkhlam

Places to visit near Jowai

Krang Suri FallsMawlyngbna

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