त्योहार · MANIPUR
December (around mid-month) · Tamenglong
Annual state-level festival celebrating Tamenglong's position as Manipur's largest orange producer. The festival features over 300 orange growers and exhibitors competing for prizes, with the winning orange receiving Rs 2,00,000. Cultural activities include traditional dances, tug-of-war, indigenous wrestling, traditional fire-making show, and folk song presentations.
क्यों मायने रखता हैPromotes the largest produced fruit of the district and showcases local agricultural heritage and culture.
December chills Tamenglong into quiet beauty — the wildest corner of Manipur under winter stillness.
Tamenglong में अभी
सिग्नेचरSmoked pork with bamboo shoot rice
Festival runs the third week of December (17-19 Dec in 2025). Eat early — most stalls clear stock by 3 PM and the cultural performances start at 4. Tamenglong oranges peak at this exact festival window — buy a kilo from the growers' competition booths, not the roadside touts.
Doors open 11:30am — too late for breakfast, perfect as a brunch-or-tea stop.
सिग्नेचरNaga thali (smoked pork + rice + boiled greens)
Order ahead by 11 AM for lunch and 5 PM for dinner — they cook to numbers, not to menu. Vegetarians should specifically ask for "Naga veg thali" with boiled greens and dal; the default plate is pork-heavy. Coffee from Tamenglong's own orchards (the district is part of Manipur's coffee-revival map) is served only by request.
सिग्नेचरRice with pork and boiled greens
Walk the main bazaar between 12-2 PM and pick the rice hotel with the highest local-foot-traffic — that's the freshest stock. Vegetarian options run thin; ask for "dal-bhat with siking" (wild greens). The bazaar shuts by 6 PM, so dinner means returning to the Tourist Lodge.
Towering 230-ft waterfall in the Tamenglong district. Accessible via a moderate forest trek.
Sacred natural lake surrounded by hills. Important cultural site for the Zeliangrong Naga people.
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