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Shillong
Shillong is the capital city of the State, Megahalya as well as the District headquarters of East Khasi Hills District. The only hill station accessible from all states, Shillong is derived from the word Shyllong, a powerful deity. Situated at an altitude of 1,491m above sea level, Shillong is a popular spot among both locals and tourists. Shillong scintillates tourists with its wide range of flora and fauna as the best months to see the flowers bloom is in April and October.
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Reader's comments(7)
1: To the writer. There is place called Coorg in South India. The place has the beauty of nature. It is also called as south indian Kashmir.
Posted by: Noufalluddin Moidu - 10 Jul, 2012
2: India has got a whole bunch of hill stations that the list must be redefined into 20 or 25 hill stations...any way nice list...
Posted by: Charles - 08 Jul, 2012
3: They have ignored Ranikhet and Nainital. They are better than Manali, Dehradun (Mussoorie - Dehradun is only a valley), Shillong and Ooty anytime. Gulmerg is better than Srinagar.
Posted by: MG Kapoor - 08 Jul, 2012
4: I am surprised how one can ignore Kerala hill stations Like Munar , Tekkadi,Waynad and Ponmudi... they are far better to few of here mentioned places...,
Posted by: Gunasekhar - 07 Jul, 2012
5: Define awesome. INDIA IS AWESOME. Unashamebly beautiful.
Posted by: karl heubner - 07 Jul, 2012
6: how did Dehradun get classified as a hill station? It is a vale lying between the himalayas and shivalik and cannot be classified as a hill station at all, just as Srinagar in J
Posted by: entity - 07 Jul, 2012
