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Located on the 16-km of the Jowai-Muktapur-Dawki Road at a
place called Thlumuwi, the stone bridge was built by U Mar Phalyngki and U
Luh Lyngskor Lamare under the order of the Jaintia King. Tradition has it
that when the Jaintia king shifted the kingdom's summer capital from
Sutnga to Nartiang, he required his trusted lieutenants U Mar Phalyngki
and U Luh Lyngskor Lamare to cause construction of a bridle-path from
Nartiang to Jaintiapur to enable the king and his entourage to frequently
commute between Nartiang, the summer capital and Jaintiapur, the regular
capital of his kingdom without much inconvenience. The bridle path was
constructed and completed with a magnificent stone bridge over the
Thlumuwi stream. The bridge was made of immense slabs of stone supported
upon huge, tall stone pillars.
Hundreds of years later during the turn of the present century, one of
the stone slabs broke when a reckless elephant trader led some elephants,
caught in a Kheddah Operation in Jaintia
Hills, over the stone bridge instead of causing them to wade through
the stream on their way down to Sylhet. The stone bridge with the
collapsed and broken segment is still in position. The banks of the
Thlumuwi stream with the cascading Muwi waterfall, which overlook the
stone bridge presents a memorable scenic panorama to every visitor.