Best Tour Operator 2016

Koyeli Tours & Travels is the recipient of
 Best Tour Operator 2016
award from the Department of Tourism,
Government of Assam for
outstanding contribution to
the tourism sector of Assam.

Ras Leela: Manipur’s famous classical dance form, Ras Leela, is based on the legendry love of Radha-Krishna and the devotion of the Gopis to Lord Krishna. Performances (in a mandap close to a temple) sometimes last all night. Shri Govindaji Temple is an important venue for these performances, particularlr on the night of Basanta Purnima and Kartika Purnima.

Celebrated for five days commencing from the full moon day of Phalguna (February/March), Yaoshang is the premier festival of Manipur. The Thabal Chongba - a kind of Manipuri folk dance, where boys and girls hold hands and sing and dance in a circle, is particularly associated with this festival. Boys and girls and old women collect donations from house to house and the money so collected is spent in a number of parties and feast. Indeed, Yaosang to Manipur is what Durga Puja is to Bengal, Diwali in north India and Bihu to Assam.

It is a remarkable social festival of the Meiteis (arranged by parents and brothers). Married women of the family who were married to distant places come to the parental house along with her children and enjoy sumptuous feast. It is a form of family rejoinder to revive familial affection. The festival is also observed by the Pangals (Manipuri Muslims) to a certain extent now-a-days. It is observed on the second day of the new moon in the Manipuri month of Hiyangei(November).