Watch the potters in
Andro in November
The ancient pottery village east of Imphal.
Quick answer. Dry and cool. The strongest wildlife and festival month. For Andro specifically, November 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
- November, Manipur
- This month
- Dry and cool.
Why November 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: Migratory birds arrive at Keibul Lamjao and Loktak.
What to do
Pottery lanes
Clay workshops where the techniques are generations old.
Elsewhere in Manipur in November
The wider Manipur calendar this month: Ningol Chakkouba (lunar, Nov), Kut (Chavang Kut, November 1, 2026), Sangai Festival window (announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Andro in November, planned properly
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