Inside Menga Mandir: Arunachal’s Cave Temple of Lord Shiva
Menga Mandir, a natural rock cave shrine in Arunachal’s Upper Subansiri district, houses a self-manifested Shiva Lingam worshipped as Lakulisha.
Daporijo
“Our Priests Are Our Pillars”: Minister Natung Pushes for Stronger Protection of Arunachal’s Indigenous Spiritual Roots
There’s something quietly urgent about a government minister standing before a gathering of traditional priests and telling them — you matter. That’s exactly what happened in Daporijo on Wednesday, when Indigenous Affairs Minister Mama Natung took the stage at the 21st Foundation Day of the All Arunachal Pradesh Priest Welfare Association (AAPPWA) and made a … Read more
Flames and Fear at Daporijo’s Little Blossom: Children Escape as Daycare School Catches Fire
It was supposed to be a regular Monday morning. Kids in class, teachers at their posts, another unremarkable day in the quiet Upper Subansiri district town of Daporijo. Then, at around 11:30 am, smoke began rising from the terrace of Little Blossom Day Care School in Medical Colony — and everything changed in an instant. … Read more
No Signal, No Road, No Hope: The Forgotten Villages of Taksing and Limeking
While the rest of India debates borders and satellite imagery, the people living closest to those very borders can’t even send a WhatsApp message. Taksing and Limeking circles in Upper Subansiri district have been making headlines lately — but only for Chinese intrusion. What the cameras miss, and what the headlines rarely mention, is the … Read more
Arunachal Double Tragedy: Four Dead at Road Site, Five Soldiers Still Missing as Monsoon Tears Through the State
The rains did not care that it was Independence Day eve. On Friday evening, as the rest of India prepared for flag-hoisting ceremonies, Arunachal Pradesh was being swallowed — roads buried, shelters washed away, men gone. In two separate incidents triggered by heavy monsoon downpours, four people lost their lives in a landslide and five … Read more
Daporijo Loses Its Guardian: Revered Nyibu Gogiam Gumja Tamin No More
When a nyibu passes, it is not just a man who is lost — it is a living library that shuts its doors forever. Gogiam Gumja Tamin, one of the most respected traditional priests and community pillars of the Tagin people in Upper Subansiri, breathed his last on Thursday, July 30, after battling a prolonged … Read more
When Roads Fail, Helicopters Don’t: Arunachal Airlifts Life to Stranded Villages in Upper Subansiri
When the monsoon swallowed the roads whole, the sky became the only way in. The Arunachal Pradesh administration took to the air on Wednesday, July 22, airlifting essential relief materials to flood-battered villages in Upper Subansiri district after relentless monsoon rains tore through roads and bridges, leaving remote communities completely cut off from the outside … Read more
