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The Manipur State Museum (Meitei: Manipur Pukei Lankei Shanglen) is an institution displaying a collection of artistic, cultural, historical and scientific artefacts and relics in Imphal, Manipur, India. It has galleries housing materials of natural history, ethnology and archeology.
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.
The history of Manipur is reflected by archaeological research, mythology and written history.Historically, Manipur was an independent sovereign kingdom ruled by Meitei dynasty but at different point of time it was invaded and rule over by other state and authority.
The Manipur State Archeological Department has been protecting both the monuments since 1980. In the past, when Manipur was an independent kingdom, Manipuri soldiers used to pray and seek blessings from the sacred monuments before going to wars. Both of the original inscriptions are intact, but have begun to fracture on the back side.
The ancient religion of the indigenous ethnicities of the hills and the plains is the Sanamahism. The abstract concept of the space time entity is the ultimate God creator of the universe. [14] Beliefs in the divine and in the afterlife were ingrained in ancient Kangleipak from its inception. The ancient rulers were based on the divine right of ...
Manipur acts as India's "Gateway to the East" through Moreh and Tamu towns, the land route for trade between India and Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia. Manipur has the highest number of handicraft units and the highest number of craftspersons in the northeastern region of India.
He could change himself into both a serpentine dragon and a human. Several legends revolve around his identity as an ancient historical figure. [5] [6] [7] Poubi Lai is the tyrant dragon serpent of the primitive Loktak Lake. This huge dragon is a popular figure in Meitei folklore and mythology. [8] [9]
The Kangla with diacritic Kanglā, [1] officially known as the Kangla Fort, [2] is an old fortified palace at Imphal, in the Manipur state of India. [3] [4] [5] It was formerly situated on both sides (western and eastern) of the bank of the Imphal River, now remaining only on the western side in ruined conditions.