{"id":332924,"date":"2025-04-15T19:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332924"},"modified":"2025-04-17T09:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:22:16","slug":"thangjing-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thangjing-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Thangjing Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>A Meitei organisation has slammed Kuki civil society groups for warning the Meitei community against embarking on their annual pilgrimage to the <strong>Thangjing Hill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-333158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thangjing-Hill.png?resize=436%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thangjing Hill\" width=\"436\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thangjing-Hill.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thangjing-Hill.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thangjing-Hill.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Thangjing-Hill.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Thangjing Hill<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geography:<\/strong> It is located somewhere in the <strong>middle of buffer zone<\/strong> created between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts in Manipur.<\/li>\n<li>The north\u2013south-running <strong>mountain range<\/strong> on which it sits is also called <strong>Thangjing range or Thangjing Hills.<\/strong> The range forms part of the <strong>western border of the Imphal Valley<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Status:<\/strong> It falls within the <strong>Churachandpur-Protected Forest<\/strong> which was notified in 1966 under Section 29 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical importance:<\/strong> It has been declared as a <strong>protected site<\/strong>, under <strong>Section 4 of the Manipur Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1976<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural &amp; religious significance:<\/strong> It is associated with the <strong>Ibudhou Thangjing temple<\/strong>, believed to be the original abode of <strong>deity Thangjing<\/strong> by Meitei. The <strong>Kuki<\/strong> residents refer to the hill range as \u2018<strong>Thangting<\/strong>\u2019.\n<ul>\n<li>So, it is considered <strong>sacred<\/strong> to <strong>both<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dispute:<\/strong> Contests over the <strong>right to pray and worship<\/strong> on the hill range have only escalated since the ethnic conflict of 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A Meitei organisation has slammed Kuki civil society groups for warning the Meitei community against embarking on their annual pilgrimage to the Thangjing Hill. About Thangjing Hill Geography: It is located somewhere in the middle of buffer zone created between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts in Manipur. 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