Kakching Garden

Kakching Garden
(Kakching Leikol)
Kakching Garden; (Kakching Leikol)
	A green elephant topiary inside the Kakching Garden A green elephant topiary inside the Kakching Garden
Location	Kakching 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

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

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

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