07/06/2026
Kakching:
The python having two heads and one tail called Thoubal Irumlai goes everyday to search for food across Waithou and Khampung, Chingkham Chaupak, Mutlou Nganglou, etc. The other head haunts at Choijing and eats up the fish caught inside the trap put by Nganba Tekcha Pamba. When Nganba Tekcha Pamba came to collect fish from his trap beheaded the python who ate up the fish inside the trap with his sword without any suspicion in mind. So the place was called Kakching. (Kak = cut + ching = hill).
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