There are three notable museums inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal West district of Kangleipak ( Meitei for ' Manipur '), which are the Kangla Museum, the Archaeological Museum and the Memento Museum. Some people also count the Hijagang (Boatyard of traditional Meitei watercrafts) as a museum.
The Kangla Museum showcases the lifestyles of royalties, ancient artistic and cultural heritage and maps of Kangleipak ( Meitei for ' Manipur '). [1] In the year 2018, alongside the annual Sangai festival celebrations, the Kangla Museum was visited by Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the princess of Thailand. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Inaugurated on the 20th of November 2017, by Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, the Archaeological Museum inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal, [6] [7] [8] [9] houses replicas including that of the memorial stone of Maharaja Chandrakirti Singh at Ukhrul district, Churachandpur, Tipaimukh and areas of Imphal Valley. Besides, stone tools belonging to Stone Age found in the Tharon Cave and the Kangkhui Cave are also kept in the museum. Hardened pots and inscriptions are preserved. Various antique coins are also on display in the museum. Ancient artefacts collected from the excavations of Sekta, Khangabok and the Kangla itself are also on display. [10] [11]
On the 21st of November 2018, Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, inaugurated the Memento Museum inside Kangla Fort before the beginning of the annual Sangai festival 2018. It was done before the arrival of Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the princess of Thailand, for meeting Leishemba Sanajaoba, the titular King of Manipur, for gracing the annual Sangai festival and for visiting the Kangla Fort. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Imphal is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace, the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a moat. Spread over parts of the districts of Imphal West and Imphal East, the former contains the majority of the city's area and population. Imphal is part of the Smart Cities Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The Kangla, officially known as the Kangla Fort, is an old fortified palace at Imphal in the Manipur state of India. It was formerly situated on both sides of the bank of the Imphal River, now remaining only on the western side in ruined conditions. Kangla means "the prominent part of the dry land" in old Meetei. It was the traditional seat of the past Meetei rulers of Manipur.
Meitei Language Day, formally known as Manipuri Language Day, is observed annually on 20 August. It is a commemoration of the day on which Meitei language was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in India on 20 August 1992.
The social movement of Meitei language to achieve the officially recognised status of the "Classical language of India" is advocated by various literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast India.
The Statue of Meidingu Nara Singh, also known as the Statue of Maharaja Narasingh, is a bronze sculpture located at the Kangla Sanathong, the western entrance gate to the Kangla Fort in Imphal. Meidingu Nara Singh was a Meitei monarch and the sovereign of Kangleipak.
The Kangla Sanathong, also known as the Kangla Gate, is the western entrance gate to the Kangla Fort in Imphal West district of Kangleipak.
The Hijagang is a boathouse inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal, India. It houses four traditional Meitei watercraft, including two hiyang hirens and two tanna his. According to Meitei religious beliefs, the hiyang hirens are used by the male ancestral deity and female ancestral deity and are sacred to the Meiteis, the major ethnic group of Manipur.
The Pakhangba Temple, also known as the Pakhangba Laishang, is a Meitei temple dedicated to the God Pakhangba of Sanamahism, the traditional Meitei religion, located beside the Nungseng Eekon, to the left side of the Kangla Sanathong, the western gate of the Kangla Fort in the Imphal West district of Manipur.
The Manung Kangjeibung is an old polo field located to the south west of the citadel inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal West district of Manipur. In ancient times, only royalties and nobilities were allowed to play the game of polo in this royal playground. It is one of the two most ancient pologrounds in the world, the another one being the Mapal Kangjeibung .
The Kangla Nongpok Torban is a recreation area, riverfront in the eastern bank of the Imphal River in Imphal, Kangleipak, India. It was developed under the aegis of the "Imphal Smart City Limited" along the bank of the Imphal River. With the length of approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft), it covers its area from the "Sanjenthong Bridge" in the South to the Nongpok Thong of Kangla Fort in the North.
The Sanggai Yumpham was a fortified royal residence (citadel) of the Meitei royalties inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal. It is presently preserved as an archaeological site as well as one of the tourist attractions in the Kangla.
Events in the year 2022 in Manipur
In Meitei mythology and religion, Kangla Sa, also spelled as Kangla Sha, is a guardian dragon lion. It has a lion's body and a dragon's head, with two horns. It is considered sacred to the Meitei heritage. It is a royal symbol of the Meitei royalties . The most remarkable statues dedicated to "Kangla Sa" stand inside the Kangla.
The Marjing Polo Statue is a colossal classical equestrian statue of a player of Sagol Kangjei, riding a Meitei horse, constructed at the Marjing Polo Complex, the sacred sports site dedicated to God Marjing, the ancient Meitei deity of polo and horses, in Heingang, Imphal East District, Kangleipak . It is the world's tallest statue of a polo player. It is built to commemorate the game of "modern polo" being originated from Kangleipak.
The Kangla Nongpok Thong, shortly known as the Nongpok Thong, is the Eastern Gate Bridge of the Kangla Fort of Imphal, Kangleipak . With the re-opening of the modern Eastern Gate of the Kangla, the Kangla Western Gate was closed forever, under the leadership of Nongthombam Biren, the then Chief Minister of Manipur, due to the traditional Meitei belief that the western gate is regarded as the gate of the dead and it is ominous to enter the Kangla through the western doorway.
The Marjing Polo Complex is a sports complex dedicated to ancient Meitei deity Marjing, Sagol Kangjei and Meitei horse, built in the hilltop of the Heingang Ching, the sacred abode of God Marjing, located in Heingang, Imphal East district, Kangleipak . It houses Marjing Polo Statue, the world's tallest equestrian statue of a polo player.
The Heingang Ching ), also known as the Meitei: Marjing Hill, is a hill in Heingang, Imphal East district of Kangleipak. In Meitei mythology and religion (Sanamahism), Heingang Ching is a sacred mountain and the home of God Marjing, the ancient Meitei deity of Sagol Kangjei, Khong Kangjei, and Meitei horse.
The Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple Board (LSTB) is a temple development board of the Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple, Haying Khongban Uphong Yumpham, Imphal West district of Kangleipak (Meitei for 'Manipur'). It is dedicated not only to God Lainingthou Sanamahi and Goddess Leimarel Sidabi of Sanamahism, but also to the other ancient Meitei gods and goddesses of the traditional Meitei religion.
The Kangla a fortified palace in Manipur, India; may also refer to:
Meitei poetry day, formally termed as Manipuri poetry day, is an annual literary event organised to promote the poetries in Meitei language. It is organised in Manipur as well as in other Meitei speakers populated areas, aiming to popularise and expose Meitei literature to the world. The poetry day honours the contributions of the poets of Meitei literature as well as the diverse and distinctive uncommon literary traditions of the Meitei language.
A Thai media team was also present during the princess s visit to the Kangla Museum, Shri Shri Govindaji Temple and the Ibudhou Pakhangba ...
A Thai media team and officials of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India was also present during her visit at Kangla fort wherein the Princess visited Kangla Museum, Shri Shri Govindaji Temple and Ibudhou Pakhangba Temple.
Thai princess visits historic Kangla Fort in Manipur ... present during her visit at Kangla fort wherein the Princess visited Kangla Museum.
She visited Kangla Museum, Shri Shri Govindaji Temple and Ibudhou Pakhangba Temple.
The chief minister also inaugurated a memento museum inside Kangla Fort.
Biren also inaugurated a 'Memento Museum' inside the Kangla Fort and inspected various beautification and construction works going on for the festival. He said his government is planning to arrange a meeting between the Titular King of Manipur, Leishemba Sanajaoba, and the Princess of Thailand, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, by organising a suitable ceremony during her visit to the state on November 27.
