Tharon Cave
Six hundred metres of limestone passages.
- Where
- Tamenglong, Manipur, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.0502, 93.5476
Get the Tharon Cave stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Tharon Cave. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Manipur volume with your photos and a note.
Near Tharon Cave
Imphal Peace Museum 47 km
Built at Red Hill where the Japanese advance stopped in 1944, with money from Japan.
Ima Keithel 48 km
A market of five thousand stalls run entirely by women, in some form for five centuries.
Kangla Fort 48 km
The seat of the Meitei kings for two thousand years, returned by the army to the state in 2004.
Manipur State Museum 48 km
Royal boats, textiles and the polo origin story.
Shree Govindajee Temple 49 km
The royal temple of Manipur beside the palace, twin gold domes, rebuilt after an earthquake.
Haflong 54 km
The only hill station in Assam, at seven hundred metres in the Barail range, with a lake at its centre.
Ntangki National Park 58 km
Nagaland's only national park, named for a folk tale, with hoolock gibbons in it.
Andro Village 60 km
Pottery made without a wheel.
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Questions
Where is Tharon Cave?
Tharon Cave is in Tamenglong, Manipur. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Imphal Peace Museum (47 km), Ima Keithel (48 km), Kangla Fort (48 km).
How do I get the Tharon Cave stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Tharon Cave and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Manipur volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Tharon Cave before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Manipur volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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