View of Loktak Lake

The Sangai the local deer known as dancing deer of Manipur is  found at the marshy land attached to the lake Loktak.
Excerpts from the book "The Land of the Dancing Deer"
The Dancing Deer
To the natives of Manipur
known as Sangai
Marked as an endangered
sub species of Eldi's Deer,
Habitat of the only floating
National Park in the world
"Keibul Lamjao National Park"

My anxious search for you
led me to the park one October dawn,
the sun was still behind the hills
at the Eastern horizon,
Autumn leaves fluttered,
While the birds started singing
in their soulful tunes
and flew in search of food,
You were ever illusive
as your nickname.
Oh dear deer Sangai
once declared extinct,
but you defied,
now protected by the local people
and the government
you are the proud habitat of this wetland
you can now dance in glory on that wet marshy land;
I shall watch someday your rhythm of dance
 to confirm your existence,
The Dancing Deer of Manipur.