Imphal, April 10 -- The Kuki-Zo organisations in Manipur have imposed a restriction on members of the Meitei community attempting to cross the buffer zone for pilgrimage to the sacred Thangjing Hills home to the ancestral deity Thangching, revered in the Meitei tradition.

Located between the Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, the Thangjing Hills are among the most important pilgrimage sites in Northeast India.

On Thursday, six major Kuki civil society groups including the Kuki Inpi Churachandpur (KIC), Kuki Chiefs' Association (KCA), Kuki Khanglai Lom (KKL), Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO), Kuki Women's Union (KWU), and the Kuki Women's Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR), issued a joint statement warning against any attempt by ...