Saturday, February 4, 2023

Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunji – Legends

Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunji – Legends

As per legend, a young widow named Ka Likai with her infant daughter lived in a called Rangjyrteh, upstream from Nohkalikai Falls. In order to sustain herself and feed her child, she took on the arduous job of a porter. Her work required her to leave the child unattended for long periods. Realizing the difficulties facing in the parenting, she decided to remarry for the sake of her daughter.

Accordingly, she married a guy. However, as mother to an infant, she was obliged to give her daughter constant attention, at the expense of giving her wicked second husband the love he thought he deserved. A fit of jealousy grew in her second husband which manifested into hatred towards his step daughter. One day, he killed the infant and cooked her flesh. He threw the severed head and bones of the infant in order to hide his heinous crime.

When Ka Likai returned, she found the house empty, but she found his husband had prepared a meal. She wanted to go and look for her daughter, but she was so hungry due to her heavy works. She consumed the food prepared by his husband. Ka Likai used to chew betel leaves and nuts after her meal. She was horrified to discover a severed finger near the place where she usually prepare her betel nuts and betel leaves.

Realizing the heinous act of her husband, she went mad with anger and grief and began to run frenziedly, all the while swinging a hatchet in her hand. She finally ran right off the edge of the plateau, plunging to her death, unable to bear any longer the thought that she had unknowingly cannibalized her murdered daughter. The waterfall, from which she leaped was named Nohkalikai Falls as a grim reminder of the tragedy that had befallen the unfortunate Ka Likai.

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