The Hijagang (Meitei pronunciation: hī-ja-gāng) is a boathouse inside the Kangla Fort in Imphal, India.
[1] On 21 August 2013, with the performances of necessary religious rites and rituals by the Amaibas (Meitei for 'priests') and the Amaibis (Meitei for 'priestesses') in the early morning, the Hijagang was inaugurated by Okram Ibobi Singh, the then Chief Minister of Manipur, who was also the then President of "Kangla Fort Board".
[1][2][3][4] According to RK Nimai, the then Commissioner of the Department of Arts and Culture, Government of Manipur, the two kinds of watercrafts were made from special kind of trees brought from Khamsom village in Senapati district of Manipur.
[1] Later, the woods for crafting the Hiyang Hirens were brought to the Kangla on 6 June 2007, with the work of sculpturing getting commenced 2 days later.
[2] Later, the watercrafts were inaugurated on 19 February 2010 (3 years before the completion of the building construction).