Watch the potters in
Andro in March
The ancient pottery village east of Imphal.
Quick answer. Spring. The orchid season begins; valley days are pleasant. For Andro specifically, March is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- People
- Chakpa (Meitei group)
- Craft
- Traditional earthen pottery
- From Imphal
- About 25km
- Month
- March, Manipur
- This month
- Spring.
Why March here
A Chakpa heritage village: earthen pottery, the sacred Panam Ningthou temple and cultural museum.
Andro is the Chakpa village east of Imphal known for its distinctive earthen pottery, fired the old way, with the Panam Ningthou temple and a small cultural museum of Meitei material heritage.
Wildlife this month: Birding continues at Keibul Lamjao.
What to do
Pottery lanes
Clay workshops where the techniques are generations old.
Elsewhere in Manipur in March
The wider Manipur calendar this month: Cheiraoba (Meitei New Year, lunar, Mar-Apr), Yaoshang (if falling late). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Andro in March, planned properly
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