Picture of the Day contest, to capture glimpse of Manipur, This post covers all the entries for category of beautiful flowers in Manipur. We invite everyone to cast your vote and choose the picture of your choice and pass along your comments or caption for the picture.

Cherei Athonba in my house

A full grown lotus at Akampat, Sinjamei

Aparjita flower in full bloom.

Colorful wild flowers by the Loktak lakeside alongside lush green vegetation complements the serenity of the lake (Red Flower Ragleaf (Tera Paibi))

kombirei (nungsinabasingna pinaheidaba aduga leisabisingna chinheidaba lei shetnalei khainalei)

DJUKO LILY AT ITS SPLENDOUR….this rare lily species was discovered by a young plant hunter named Dr. Vikramjit Singh who happened to be my cousin and named the lily as Lilium Chitrangade after the name of his mother Chitra..unfortunately Dr.Vikramjit is no more among us..he left for his heavenly abode due to leukamia in his thirties as a bachelor…

Water Lily, Tharo leirang leinungshi

Lotus at lamlai sileipung garden

Beauty in Wild, Mayep Lei

China Rose in my home

Tharo angangba

‘Let them grow in the swamp or by the creeks in the village’ was what I heard when I brought two of Laphoorik (Cannas) plants from a creek in the village. With the roots dripping mud and the plants slightly withered they failed to impress. But it didn’t take them more than two weeks for the fresh sprouts to thrust forth, and soon the flowers or the colourful petals found a place on the morning round brass plate next to burning incense sticks and water-filled brass jar

Takhellei is the most romanticized flower in manipur

-*Life is the flower for which love is the honey*_White Gardenia (KABOKLEI)

Dzukou Lily, I stand still protecting the boundary of my land unnoticed by anyone

Takhel lei after the rain !

Nurakhudonglei, commonly known as yachubi. One of the rare flower of Manipur, people hardly recognized this flower and consider this as one of the wild flower growing near by the hills but there is a big significance behind this flower. Once upon a time nurakhundonglei was national flower of Manipur, time period is not exactly not known to it maybe in time of porei or asiba or apanba but not only nurakhundonglei is used in the flag. shamadon ayangba (flying horse) was also uses in our ancient flag. Another legend is that the goddess panthoibi or petanga learn the art of making pottery from the new budding of this flower.

People come from far and near just to see me blooming, I am guarded, Pluck me not, Whisper me words of love, Whisper me words of beauty, I am not vain, But your words makes me want to bloom forever,And you know that’s impossible, For my days are numbered, Capture me with your lenses, And make me bloom forever, Taking me to places I have never been, Showing me to people I will never meet, But won’t you come and see me bloom, In the place call Manipur ?

Beauty in my mother’s garden

Wild flower on the top of Kariklong Hills, Senapati District for a trip to Ereng Village Natural Waterfall.

THARO ANGANGBA

Tharo (water lily), one of the sacred flower of Manipur.

Phugaina leishat tamjareebe thambal at Loktak lake

leibaak-lei (one of indigeneous flower of Manipur)

Kundo, An endangered and most memorable flower among those Manipuri couples

We have received and overwhelming surprised response on the beauty captured on previous pictures published. To promote pictures of Manipur, We initiated this contest of “Picture of the Day” in the following 3 Categories:
– Flowers in Manipur
– People in Traditional Dresses of Manipur
– Beautiful places in Manipur

Prizes:
For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected by Manipur Photography Club and FindingTheVoices. The winner of the best picture will receive a T-Shirt of Manipur Photography Club as a small gesture to encourage the beautiful clicks.

For each category 1 Best Picture will be selected based on viewers popularity (Likes & Comments on …FindingTheVoices Page). The winner will get 2 movie tickets “Amamba Sayon” Resurrection for ’15th Dec’ @ MFDC, Imphal.

FindingTheVoices will choose pictures for FindingTheVoices’s Greeting cards (with agreement with Photographer) based on popularity, Guest invitee’s comments and there will be surprise prize for these selected pictures.

Who is going to win these 3 T-Shirts of Manipur Photography Club ? Who is going to win these 6 tickets for the movie “Amamba Sayon” ? Will your picture be selected for Greeting cards of FindingTheVoices ?