MawBlei God’s Rock, West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya
The Mawblei God’s Rock is located near Syntung village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. Mawblei in the Khasi language means God’s Rock and is a sacred place for the local people.
It is a huge balancing rock is an incline at an angle of about 45 degrees in the south-southeast direction on a hill slope at 1,303 meters above mean sea level overlooking the Wahrashi River valley. The rock is composed of the reddish-purple Mahadek sandstone belonging to the Khasi group of cretaceous age. Thin partings of shale are also observed in the boulder.
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God Rocks (Maw Blei) is actually a miracle that God had made the earth to be beautiful for people who visit the beautiful place in Khasi Region. Mawblei God’s rock is a sacred place for the local people of Mawkynrew Block in East Khasi Hills District.
The mawblei God’s Rocks natural wonder dates back thousands of years and tells major geological changes that the region might have witnessed.
