For almost 400 years, Monipuris in the area have been cultivating cotton, making yarn, and weaving their own clothes. Starting in the 1980s, Radhabati Devi helped popularise Monipuri sarees among the larger population
Moulvibazar district has one of the largest Manipuri communities in the country. While everyone in the community can speak Manipuri, the language’s script and alphabet were at risk of extinction.