Shillong, September 22 (Daily Kiran) : In the hills of Meghalaya, the remarkable living root bridges tell a story of the extraordinary relationship between humans and nature. Crafted from the roots of ...
A young living root bridge, barely a decade old, is seen from the deck of a much older root bridge on the same riverbed. Five months after I shot this photograph, monsoon rains triggered a landslide ...
The beautiful phenomenon of “living root” bridges, expertly sculpted by Indian tribes, is a testament to what can be achieved when man and nature work together. These incredible structures have stood ...
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. It was a cloudy monsoon afternoon, and ...
In the hills of Meghalaya, northeast India, some bridges are grown rather than built. The Khasi and Jaintia communities have developed a centuries-old technique for training the aerial roots of the ...
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In one of the wettest places on the planet, indigenous people build bridges and ladders out of living tree roots
What began as a stroll through broom plantations abruptly turns into a steep descent with near-vertical sections, each more precarious than the last. My shaky legs are relieved when we reach a sheer ...
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