Mawphlang Sacred Forest

One of the most famous sacred forests it has an amazing life form of plants, flowering trees, orchids and butterflies. The sacred-groves which has been preserved by traditional religious sanction since time immemorial are in sharp contrast to their surrounding grasslands. These groves are generally rimmed by a dense  growth of Castanopis Kurzil trees, forming a protective hedge which halts intrusion of Pinus Kasia (Khasi pine) which dominates all areas outside the sacred groves. Inside the outer rim, the sacred groves are virtually Nature’s own museum. The trees in every sacred grove are heavily loaded with epiphytic growth of aroids, pipers, ferns, fernallies and orchids. The humus-covered grounds likewise harbor myriad varieties of plant life, many of which are found nowhere else.