Kakching Garden

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Kakching Garden
(Kakching Leikol)
A green elephant topiary inside the Kakching Garden
A green elephant topiary inside the Kakching Garden
LocationKakching district, Manipur

The Kakching Garden (Meitei: Kakching Leikol) is a garden on the Uyok Ching hill to the west of the Kakching airfield. It is in the Kakching district of Manipur.[1][2] It has many shrines of different religions, including those of traditional Meitei religion (Sanamahism) and Hinduism.[3]

A view of the Kakching Garden

Religious sites[change | change source]

Traditional Meitei religion[change | change source]

There is a temple dedicated to Pakhangba inside the garden.[3]

The sculpture of the goddess Haoreima Shampubi is an important artwork in teh garden.[3]

A shrine dedicated to Goddess Haoreima

Hinduism[change | change source]

The temple housing a statue of Hindu God Shiva inside the garden is sacred to Hindus .[4]

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  1. Katoch, Hemant Singh (2016-03-02). The Battlefields of Imphal: The Second World War and North East India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-27401-8.
  2. Singh, Arambam Sanatomba (2021-06-18). Ecotourism Development Ventures in Manipur: Green Skill Development and Livelihood Mission. Walnut Publication. ISBN 978-93-91145-59-0.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shekhawat, Seema; Re, Emanuela C. Del (2017-12-18). Women and Borders: Refugees, Migrants and Communities. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83860-987-0.
  4. Deshpande, Abhijeet (2017-12-19). Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-946556-80-6.