THANGJING HILL (Caves on)
24.466700,93.666700
Description
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).
History
Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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9.2 | KANG MANG CHIN (Cave on) | ||
27.6 | TONGLON CAVE | ||
48.6 | DIMAPUR (Cave at) | ||
49.8 | NURSING DURWAZA (Hole at the) | ||
51.1 | NONGMAIJIN HILL (Cave on) | ||
52.2 | Kounu Hill, Chirang (Cave on a) | ||
63.8 | Mungsa (Hole at) | ||
69.6 | KALEMKI, Tharon | ||
77.5 | Murringphy (Cave at) |