Manung Kangjeibung

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Manung Kangjeibung
Old Manipuri: Manung Kangcheipung
Inner Pologround
Manung Kangjeibung, the Polo Ground of the Meitei royalties, located inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal
Map
AddressKangla Fort, Imphal West district, Manipur
Imphal
* Manipur Kingdom (historical)
LocationKangla Fort, Imphal West district, Manipur
Coordinates24°48′22″N 93°56′34″E / 24.8061°N 93.9427°E / 24.8061; 93.9427
Owner
OperatorKangla Fort Board
Typepolo field, helipad
Field shapeQuadrilateral
Construction
BuiltDuring the times of King Ningthou Kangba[1][2]
RenovatedDuring the reign of King Marjit Singh[3][4]

The Manung Kangjeibung[a] (Old Manipuri: Manung Kangcheipung) (Manung Kangjeibung (Meitei for 'Inner Pologround')) is an old polo field located to the south west of the citadel inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal West district of Manipur. In ancient times, only royalties and nobilities were allowed to play the game of polo (Meitei: Sagol Kangjei) in this royal playground.[5] It is one of the two most ancient pologrounds in the world, the other one being the Mapal Kangjeibung (Imphal Polo Ground).[6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Official website Chief Minister of Manipur". www.cmmanipur.gov.in. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "KANGLA FORT BOARD MEETING HELD – Meeting discusses shifting of Helipad from Kangla". Pothashang News. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Official website Chief Minister of Manipur". www.cmmanipur.gov.in. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. ^ "KANGLA FORT BOARD MEETING HELD – Meeting discusses shifting of Helipad from Kangla". Pothashang News. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Manipuri Pony". International Museum of the Horse. Retrieved 28 September 2022. These consist of the Manung Kangjeibung (inner polo ground), within the ramparts of the Kangla Fort, where only royalty and noblemen were allowed to play. This may be the world's oldest polo ground.
  6. ^ Muthukumaraswamy, M. D.; Kaushal, Molly (2004). Folklore, Public Sphere, and Civil Society. NFSC www.indianfolklore.org. p. 73. ISBN 978-81-901481-4-6. In the two large polo grounds, one inside and the other outside the fort (Manung Kangjeibung and Mapan Kangjeibung the most ancient polo sites of the world) ...
  7. ^ "Historic Kangla Fort to get major facelift - a photo story by Prabir Kumar Talukdar". nezine.com. Retrieved 28 September 2022. Kangla perhaps houses the oldest polo ground in the world known as 'Manung Kangjeibung' which has a helipad of its own. This polo ground was for the elites.
  8. ^ মণিপুর পোনি - ইমাদি ঙকশম য়ৌরে — লেমহৌরিবা কাংজৈবুং হায়বা তারগদি. মনুং কাংজৈবুং, মপাল কাংজৈবুং (PDF). hueiyenlanpao.com (in Manipuri).
  9. ^ মণিপুরনা ইন্দিয়াদা তিল্লবা মতুংদা ওইরম্বা লৈঙাক - ৪৩ & হাপ্তা কাংজৈবুংদা শঙাই হেরিটেজ পার্ক (শঙাই ফেষ্টিভেলগীদমক্তা) (PDF). hueiyenlanpao.com (in Manipuri).
  10. ^ কংলাদগী হেলিপেদ লৌথোক্নবা ৱারেপ থাগত্নীংঙাইনি (PDF). hueiyenlanpao.com (in Manipuri).


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