Mawlynnong
A village that organised its own waste collection and became known as the cleanest in Asia.
- Where
- Meghalaya, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.1997, 91.9317
Get the Mawlynnong stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mawlynnong. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Meghalaya volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mawlynnong
Dawki 8.7 km
The Umngot, so clear the boat looks like it is flying.
Nohsngithiang Falls 20 km
Seven streams going over the Khasi escarpment together, and only in the rains.
Mawsmai Cave 21 km
Limestone worn into rooms and passages, lit and walkable for a hundred and fifty metres.
Kynrem Falls 22 km
A fall in three stages near Cherrapunji, about three hundred metres in all.
Double Decker Root Bridge 22 km
Rubber fig roots trained across a stream over decades to make a bridge that grows stronger with age.
Cherrapunji 23 km
Among the wettest inhabited places on earth, on a plateau edge where the cloud comes up from Bangladesh.
Laitlum Canyon 25 km
The end of the hills, and a stair down to a village.
Nongriat 26 km
Three thousand steps down to the double root bridge.
More famous places to visit in Meghalaya
Questions
Where is Mawlynnong?
Mawlynnong is in Meghalaya. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dawki (8.7 km), Nohsngithiang Falls (20 km), Mawsmai Cave (21 km).
How do I get the Mawlynnong stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mawlynnong and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Meghalaya volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mawlynnong before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Meghalaya volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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