THANGJING HILL (Caves on)

(Henglep tehsil - IN)
24.466700,93.666700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unidentified number of many unspecified caves or rock shelters, if not sites, around which many legends have grown are locatable at unidentified locations somewhere on Thangjing Hill, the legendary abode of the Meitei (pre-Hindu) deity Lord Thangjing (BHATTACHARJI, S 2002: 214). SITUATION: On the Thangjing Hill (note 1) in the Laimatol Range west of Loktak Lake and about 12 km in a direct line WSW from Moirang (24°30'N: 93°46'E) or at approximate linear distances of 15 km north of Churachandpur (24°20'N: 93°40'E) and 50 km south-west of Imphal (24°49'N: 93°57'E).An unidentified number of many unspecified caves or rock shelters, if not sites, around which many legends have grown are locatable at unidentified locations somewhere on Thangjing Hill, the legendary abode of the Meitei (pre-Hindu) deity Lord Thangjing (BHATTACHARJI, S 2002: 214). SITUATION: On the Thangjing Hill (note 1) in the Laimatol Range west of Loktak Lake and about 12 km in a direct line WSW from Moirang (24°30'N: 93°46'E) or at approximate linear distances of 15 km north of Churachandpur (24°20'N: 93°40'E) and 50 km south-west of Imphal (24°49'N: 93°57'E).

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History

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
9.2KANG MANG CHIN (Cave on)
27.6TONGLON CAVE
48.6DIMAPUR (Cave at)
49.8NURSING DURWAZA (Hole at the)
51.1NONGMAIJIN HILL (Cave on)
52.2Kounu Hill, Chirang (Cave on a)
63.8Mungsa (Hole at)
69.6KALEMKI, Tharon
77.5Murringphy (Cave at)