The Story behind Elephant Falls - Shillong

Close to Shillong's most astounding Peak, (i.e Shillong Peak) a little street goes astray somewhat further to the edge of the mountain. Out of the blue, a stream ascends from the higher level and sloshes downstream, running on rocks shaping the Elephant Falls. These falls are only 12km from Shillong and couple of minutes drive from Shillong Peak. I figured out how to cut down the taxi charge to Rs.500 in the wake of haggling, for both Shillong Peak and Elephant Falls. It was late night when I achieved Elephant falls. The remainder of the brilliant light waited seemingly within easy reach. The taxi halted suddenly at a parking garage encompassed by keepsake shops and little tea lodgings. I could as of now hear the sloshing sound of the cascade; it was close. Soak steps lead down to the cascade and I am initially met by a ticket counter. As I gaze at the ticket, I stood amazed at the bizarre name of the cascade. Like the name of numerous different places in Meghalaya that have their beginning in English, I thought about whether at all the name was given by the British. The British colonized numerous spots and give names as though they were depended with giving names. For one I was certain it wasn't the Khasis who named the falls. There were no elephants in this piece of the State. Local people for the most part concoct names they can identify with in their very own reality. As I achieved the primary fall, I was taught by a billboard that peruses, 'Why Elephant Falls?'The unique Khasi name for the falls was 'Ka kshaid lai pateng khohsiew' (three stages water falls), due to the way that the water falls in three stages. Obviously it was the British who named it 'Elephant Falls' a direct result of a stone that takes after an elephant close to the falls. In any case, the stone was devastated by a tremor in 1897. In any case, the name hasn't changed.The first fall is wide and covered up between trees. The second fall is restrained and relatively unimportant in winter, when the water level subsides. The last and the third cascade is the tallest. Elephant Falls is described by clear water streaming over dim sticking rocks with no specific structures. The lofty advances can be excessively inconvenience for children and elderly people.