Remember at
Moirang in January
The town of the INA flag and Lai Haraoba.
Quick answer. Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m). Clear, crisp days. For Moirang specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- History
- INA flag unfurled Apr 14, 1944
- Culture
- Early Meitei Lai Haraoba traditions
- From Imphal
- About 45km
- Month
- January, Manipur
- This month
- Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m).
Why January here
Early Meitei culture and WWII history: the INA memorial where the tricolour was first unfurled in 1944.
Moirang is the town of early Meitei folk culture and a defining WWII moment: the official tourism material records the INA flag first unfurled here on April 14, 1944, commemorated at the INA memorial museum. Lai Haraoba traditions run deep, with May festivals referenced in official district material.
Wildlife this month: Keibul Lamjao migratory-bird season runs November to March.
What to do
INA memorial
The museum and memorial to the Azad Hind campaign.
Pair it with
Moirang in January, planned properly
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