The Manipur government has intervened to put to rest claims and counter-claims by two tribes that the sacred Thangjing hill near the lakeside Moirang district belongs to them.
A cross has been installed atop a hill near Manipur's Moirang town in an act seen as destabilising in the violence-hit state, as the hill has a sacred site of the residents of this lakeside town under Bishnupur district, 60 km from Imphal.
The appearance of a cross and a community flag atop a hill near Manipur's Moirang district has raised a massive controversy, as the hill has a sacred site of the residents of this lakeside district, 60 km from the state capital Imphal.