Our Correspondent
Imphal, July 3 (EMN): Nine days ‘Kang festival’ a traditional religious celebration concluded in Manipur on Monday. The main events of the festival were pulling of Kang, traditional chariot and offering of flowers and fruits to Shree Shree Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra.
Despite of the seasonal drizzling, a large number of devotees turned up with traditional festival attires at the palace gate and temples.
At Shree Shree Govindajee temple complex celebration, the pulling of Kang was accompanied by band party and ISKCON temple authority celebrated the festival by pulling mini Kang along the airport road.
Hindu communities from across the state celebrated Kang Chingba festival by holding religious rituals in the evenings at mandaps and community halls. During the nine days long festival, daily community feasts was witnessed at the mandaps.
