The Story Northeast region of India :Leap of Ka Likai Named as Nohkalikai

The Leap of Ka Likai

A poor woman named Ka Likai remarried after her husband’s  death so that her infant girl could have a father figure.

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Her second husband was jealous of the love Ka Likai showered upon the baby

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when Ka Likai left for work, the man killed the baby, chopped her into pieces, and cooked a meal out of her

she couldn’t resist the temptation of the curry her husband had cooked.

she discovered the severed fingers of her baby and realized what had happened

Filled with grief, she ran furiously to the edge of the plateau from where the waterfall plunges and leaped to her own death

Thus, the waterfall is named Nohkalikai, where “Noh” means “to leap” in the local Khasi language.

Nohkalikai