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Mechuka
Mechuka or Menchukha is a town, assembly constituency and subdivision, situated 6,000 feet (1,829 m) above sea level in the Menchukha Valley of Yargyap Chu/ Siyom River in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Before the 1950s, Mechuka valley was known as Pachakshiri.
The Line of Actual Control (McMahon Line) on the India-Tibet border, 29 km north of Menchukha, separates Indian territory and Chinese territory. Mechukha has an ALG airstrip and is also reachable by one of the strategic India-China Border Roads. It is located 47 km northwest of the district head office, Tato, and 187 km north of Aalo.
The name Men-chu-kha means medicinal water of snow where men is medicine, while me refers to fire, chu is water and kha means ice in the local language, thus the difference in meaning of the two different names as per local belief.".
Menchukha is part of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Prior to the construction of the modern road, the only access to the village was via an airstrip, used by the Indian Air Force to supply goods to local people. During those times, Membas (adi)ramo people used to trade with Tibet like Mithun for salt and medicines. Horses were their main means of travelling. People often sell horses for money, those time who used to have lots of cattle were regarded as rich.
Menchukha is an election constituency of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. As of June 2024, the MLA elected from Mechuka constituency is Pasang Dorjee Sona.
Menchukha/Mechukha Valley is home to the people of the Memba and Adi people. Other local people include the Tagin tribes. The current MLA (August-2016) of Mechuka constituency is Pasang Dorjee Sona.
Religions practised in the valley include Nyingmapa Buddhism, Donyi-Poloism, and Christianity. [citation needed] Mechukha is known for both its religious and historical significance. The 400-year-old Samten Yongcha monastery of Vajrayana Buddhism is a contemporary of the much-revered Tawang Monastery.
The languages spoken in Mechuka are Tshangla, Adi, Tagin, Hindi, and English.[citation needed] There is no evidence of Tshangla still being spoken in Menchukha Valley. Instead, the people speak Memba, which is a Bodish language made up of a mixture of various Bodic varieties (dwags-po, kong-po, brag-gsum mtsho-'khor), East Bodish Tawang Monpa, Tshangla and some Tani loans. Some Memba people still speak Tawang Monpa. In and around the periphery of Mechukha town and especially Mechukha Circle, population is dominated by Memba tribe. The largest tribe of the Shi Yomi district is (Adi) Bokar, mainly residing in the Monigong circle, Memba inhabiting the valleys of Mechukha, limbo and Ramo inhabiting the Tato circle; most of the people speak Adi in the Shi Yomi district after that member and then tagin.
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Mechuka
Mechuka or Menchukha is a town, assembly constituency and subdivision, situated 6,000 feet (1,829 m) above sea level in the Menchukha Valley of Yargyap Chu/ Siyom River in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Before the 1950s, Mechuka valley was known as Pachakshiri.
The Line of Actual Control (McMahon Line) on the India-Tibet border, 29 km north of Menchukha, separates Indian territory and Chinese territory. Mechukha has an ALG airstrip and is also reachable by one of the strategic India-China Border Roads. It is located 47 km northwest of the district head office, Tato, and 187 km north of Aalo.
The name Men-chu-kha means medicinal water of snow where men is medicine, while me refers to fire, chu is water and kha means ice in the local language, thus the difference in meaning of the two different names as per local belief.".
Menchukha is part of Arunachal Pradesh state of India. Prior to the construction of the modern road, the only access to the village was via an airstrip, used by the Indian Air Force to supply goods to local people. During those times, Membas (adi)ramo people used to trade with Tibet like Mithun for salt and medicines. Horses were their main means of travelling. People often sell horses for money, those time who used to have lots of cattle were regarded as rich.
Menchukha is an election constituency of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. As of June 2024, the MLA elected from Mechuka constituency is Pasang Dorjee Sona.
Menchukha/Mechukha Valley is home to the people of the Memba and Adi people. Other local people include the Tagin tribes. The current MLA (August-2016) of Mechuka constituency is Pasang Dorjee Sona.
Religions practised in the valley include Nyingmapa Buddhism, Donyi-Poloism, and Christianity. [citation needed] Mechukha is known for both its religious and historical significance. The 400-year-old Samten Yongcha monastery of Vajrayana Buddhism is a contemporary of the much-revered Tawang Monastery.
The languages spoken in Mechuka are Tshangla, Adi, Tagin, Hindi, and English.[citation needed] There is no evidence of Tshangla still being spoken in Menchukha Valley. Instead, the people speak Memba, which is a Bodish language made up of a mixture of various Bodic varieties (dwags-po, kong-po, brag-gsum mtsho-'khor), East Bodish Tawang Monpa, Tshangla and some Tani loans. Some Memba people still speak Tawang Monpa. In and around the periphery of Mechukha town and especially Mechukha Circle, population is dominated by Memba tribe. The largest tribe of the Shi Yomi district is (Adi) Bokar, mainly residing in the Monigong circle, Memba inhabiting the valleys of Mechukha, limbo and Ramo inhabiting the Tato circle; most of the people speak Adi in the Shi Yomi district after that member and then tagin.