Elephant Falls got its name from a British officer in the colonial era. There was once a huge rock resembling an elephant at the base of the waterfall, which made it popular as “Elephant Falls.” Sadly, the rock was destroyed during an earthquake in the 1890s, but the name remains. In Khasi, the local name for the waterfall is Ka Kshaid Lai Pateng Khohsiew, meaning “three-step waterfal... https://www.captureatrip.com/blog/elephant-falls-shillong-meghalaya