Manipur

festival · music

Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

festival · wildlife

Fire works during the Sangai Fest - 2013 Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

festival · wildlife

Men in full swing during the boat racing in Sangai festival 2013, Manipur. Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

forest · hills

Zeliangrong people are one of the major indigenous mongoloid communities living in the tri-junction of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in India. The term "Zeliangrong" refers to the Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei Naga tribes combined together.

hills

The Dzukou Valley is a valley located at the border of the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur. This valley is well known for its natural beauty.

festival · music

Maramfest is an annual music and cultural festival in Maram Centre, Manipur, founded by John Hinkung who is also the founder of Sevendiary.com. Maramfest started in the year 2009 and since then there has been no looking back.

festival · dance

Thang-Ta : The highly skilled martial art tradition is a direct legacy of Manipur's prolonged battles with neighbouring kingdoms. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

dance · festival

Drum is the soul of Manipuri folk dance, Pung cholom is performed using the drum. Pung cholom is usually performed during the festival of Holi in Manipur.

dance · ceremony

Dancers performing Aimol tribal dance at Sangai Fest in Manipur, India. Aimol tribes of India inhabit mainly in two districts of Manipur, one of the seven sister Northeastern states.

politics

Irom Sharmila Chanu was in the news recently for being released from a prison hospital after finding no evidence against her for the alleged charges of attempted suicide by refusing to take food.

ceremony

A woman chops betel nuts with a betel nut cutter in Manipur. She chops it into thin pieces. One fallout of this migration was that Manipuris adopted the Assamese habit of eating tamul (betel nut), which then seeped into the society in Manip…

In Manipur, Colocasia leaves are used to make one of the type of a Manipuri ethnic cuisine, locally known as Utti (pronounce as ootti). The leaves are called Paangkhoklaa by the Manipuris.

Eromba, a generic name of the dish prepared with crushed boiled vegetables, fermented fish with chilly. It is one of the simplest cuisines of Meiteis of Manipur, yet it is spicy because chilli is one of its major ingredients.

Young Manipuri boys demonstrate types of Thang ta during Sangai festival in Manipur. Thang-ta is a weapon-based Indian martial art created by the Meitei of Manipur.

dance · festival

Paite traditional dance group presents folk dance during Sangai festival in Manipur. The Sangai Festival, previously known as the Tourism festival, was renamed in 2010.

ceremony · festival

Glimpse of the Cheiraoba festival celebration in Manipur. "Sajibu Nongma Pānba" also called "Meetei Cheiraoba" is the lunar new year festival of the people who follows the sanamahism religion of the Indian state of Manipur.The name Sajibu N…

music · festival

Manipuri girl singing folk song during the celebration of Yaoshang organised by Konjeng Hazari Leikai Youth Development Club in Manipur.

festival · crafts

Every year the Government of Manipur, Spearheaded by the Tourism Department, celebrates the Manipur Sangai Festival from 21st to 30th of November.

wildlife · birds

A lovely shot of the Sendra Island ,Manipur. 48 km. from Imphal. A huge and beautiful stretch of water, this lake is like a miniature inland sea.

festival · wildlife

Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

festival · wildlife

Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

river · lake

A floating paradised Loktak Lake covered with floating Phumdis. Phumdis are a series of floating islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake in Manipur state, in northeastern India.

hills

The Dzukou Valley is a valley located at the border of the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur. This valley is well known for its natural beauty.