Manipur

MANIPUR

Manipur is one of the most culturally and strategically important state of North Eastern India. Nesting in the slopes of Sub-Himalayan ranges it has been the home of more than thirty ethnic groups in historical times, with varying responses to the changing geo-cultural environment. Manipur is also well-known to the rest of the world as the birth place of the game of ‘Polo’. Manipur shares its border with Nagaland in the north, Mizoram in the south and Cachar district of Assam in the west and also in the east it shares an international border with Myanmar.

HISTORY OF MANIPUR :

Manipur has a very ancient and vibrant past to proud on. After the First Anglo Manipuri war in 1891, it went under the shadow of British colonial empire. After India’s independence in 1947; the Manipur Constitution Act, 1947 established a democratic form of Government with the Maharaja as the Executive Head. It functioned till it was dissolved on the integration of the state with the Dominion of India in October, 1949. Manipur achieved full statehood on January 21, 1972.
Places of Interests :

Loktak Lake and Sendra Island : Located 48 kms from Imphal this beautiful lake is resemble like a miniature inland sea. The government had built a Tourist Bungalow for the comfort of the tourists. From the nearby Sendra island, visitors can get a bird's eye view of this huge and beautiful stretch of water and the life on it, the fisherman and their families who live in neat huts on its shores and anticipating their watery environment by casting their nets on it, harvesting it for the water chestnut known as Heikak, and even building their houses on the islands of floating weed that dart around the lake.

Shree Shree Govindajee Temple : This symbolic temple in Imphal adjoining the palace of the former rulers of Manipur, is a historic centre for Vaisnava culture. It is a simple and beautiful structure with gold domes, a paved court and a large, raised congregation hall. The main deity of the Temple is The presiding deity in the centre is flanked by idols of Radha Govinda, Balaram and Krishna on one side and Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra on the other.

Keibul Lamjao National Park : 53 kms. from Imphal and on the sharing the border with Loktak Lake, Keibul Lamjao National Park is the last natural habitat of the endangered marsh-dwelling brow-antlered deer of Manipur called "Sangai". It is the only floating national park in the world which is composed of large masses of floating weed (called "Phumdi" in local dialect). These phumdi unseemingly can suport a lot of weight.

» IMPHAL TOUR

Imphal-Loktak Lake-Keibul Lamjao National Park.

» SEVEN SISTER TOUR

Guwahati-Shillong-Cherrapunjee-Tezpur-Bomdila-Tawang-Diarang-Bhalukpong-Kaziranga National Park-Kohima-Imphal-Aizawl-Silchar-Agartala