Overview

• The High Court of Meghalaya granted permission for Hindu devotees to conduct their annual pilgrimage to Mawjymbuin Cave under strict conditions.
• Pilgrims may perform only a symbolic sprinkling of water on the sacred stone and are barred from bringing puja items such as incense sticks or flowers into the cave.
• Organisers must arrange private security or volunteers as traffic wardens and the East Khasi Hills district authorities will supervise the yatra to maintain order.
• The Dorbar Shnong of Mawsynram Village submitted an undertaking endorsing the pilgrimage under the court’s prescribed conditions.
• The parties will reconvene on July 31 to decide and formally communicate the exact date of the pilgrimage to district officials.