The Great Revival
The hill village of Somdal, Manipur, witnessed a powerful 1923 Christian revival that transformed its people, traditions, and spiritual identity.
Ancestral Tales
Mikman Ruikhu - the healing waters of the ancients
A sacred healing spring hidden deep in Somdal’s Shaori Hills, Mikman Ruikhu has long been a place of faith and hope. Known for its miraculous powers, it heals those who come with humility and belief. Passed down through generations, its spirit endures as a living, sacred tale.
The headless deity and the hunter's bargain
In twilight Somdal, a headless deity offers a hunter a choice: endless rice or endless meat. He chooses meat, gaining unerring hunts but a cursed land. To this day, the fields whisper of the bargain—reminding all that every choice carries a price, and some secrets must remain unspoken.
Lāmenlā and the shadow of delay
Lāmenlā, the beautiful but always late girl of Somdal, falls in love with a serpent who helps ease her burdens. But when her mother disobeys a warning and kills their children, a single snake survives to sing a haunting song that echoes through the forest to this day.
The Song of the Severed
In ancient Somdal, warriors earned glory by collecting enemy heads. But when one young hunter returns with his bloody trophy, the forest answers, not with silence, but with song. A severed head sings beneath the moonlight… and the jungle forgets no blood. Nor does it forgive.
Phuhoi - the white-haired fortune bearer
In the misty hills of Somdal, they whisper of Phuhoi — a pale figure with backward feet and hair like smoke. Neither god nor ghost, he walks unseen, blessing few, haunting many. To glimpse him is to be changed. In Somdal, they say: if you see Phuhoi, you never walk home alone.