The Mawsmai cave is located 6km from the main town of Sohra, as Cherrapunjee is locally known. It is one of the chief attractions besides the famous waterfalls for people visiting nearby Cherrapunjee from Shillong. Mawsmai Cave is open to tourist explorations and is lit up by halogen lights in certain portions, making it a relatively easy cave for beginners to navigate. The winding wet paths inside the caves call for caution and visitors may experience flashes of claustrophobia too.

The Indian state of Meghalaya is famous for its many caves, which attract tourists from India and abroad. A few of the caves in this region have been listed amongst the longest and deepest in the world. Most of the caves of these areas were either discovered or surveyed by the Europeans (especially by German, British and Italian cavers). Herbert Daniel Gebauer, Simon Brooks, Thomas Arbenz and Rosario Ruggieri are the most prominent name among them. Brian Khapran-Daly of Meghalaya Adventure association have expedite most of the caves of Meghalaya (stated above). In addition to these, the cavers' associations of Meghalaya have always been found to be active in cave discoveries of that plateau.

Unscientific quarrying of limestone led to the collapse of the Mawmluh cave of Meghalaya, and the caves of Jantia Hills are also in danger due to excessive quarrying of coal.

The 'National Cave Research and Protection Organization, India' has been formed to help protect the caves of India. In addition, members of the Meghalaya Adventures Association (principally, Brian Kharpan Dally) work to protect the natural caves of Meghalaya.

Source: wikipedia.org

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