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NohkaLikai (Khasi language for “The plunge of Likai” falls):

height: 1100 feet
altitude: 4872 feet

Nohkalikai falls near Cherrapunji (Meghalaya), is the highest "single drop" waterfall in India and reputedly the world's fourth highest.

A gory legend is synonymous with the Nohkalikai Falls. Likai was a widow with a daughter who remarried. Disliking his step-daughter, the man murdered the child and cooked a curry with her remains. A finger was forgetfully left in the betel nut basket. After partaking of the curry upon her return from work, she settled down to finish off her meal with a betel nut. Horrified to find a dismembered finger within the betel nut basket, she flung herself off the plunging cliffs. The mother's tears are the Nohkalikai Falls.