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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Phawngpui
|other_name = ''Phunpi Klang''
| photo = 2007-blue-mtn-farpak.jpg
| photo_caption = Phawngpui Farpak
| elevation_m = 2157
| elevation_ref =
| location = near the [[Myanmar]] border in Lawngtlai District
| range = [[Mizoram, India]]
| map = India Mizoram#India
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| map_caption =
| map_size =
| label =
| label_position = left
| listing = [[List of Indian states and territories by highest point]]
| coordinates = {{coord|22|37|53.4|N|93|02|19.68|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates =
| coordinates_ref = <ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA884544EA3774E0440003BA962ED3|Phunpi Klang (Approved - N)}}, [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]</ref>
| topo = [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-7.jpg "NF 46-7, Gangaw, Burma"]<ref>[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/burma/txu-oclc-6924198-nf46-7.jpg "NF 46-7, Gangaw, Burma"] topographic map, Series U542, U.S. Army Map Service, April 1958, listed as Blue Mountain</ref>
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'''Phawngpui''' (Pron: /ˌpʰɔ:ŋˈpʊɪ/), also known as '''Blue Mountain''', is the highest mountain peak in the [[Lushai Hills|Mizo Hills (Lushai Hills)]] and in the state of [[Mizoram|Mizoram, India]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Phawngpui|url=http://mizotourism.nic.in/phawngpui.htm|publisher=MizoTourism|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303183739/http://mizotourism.nic.in/phawngpui.htm|archive-date=3 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with an elevation of 2157 m.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pachuau|first=Rintluanga|title=Mizoram: A Study in Comprehensive Geography|year=2009|publisher=Northern Book Center|isbn=8172112645|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MYaYKXgAwLwC&pg=PA30 |page=30}}</ref> It is in [[Lawngtlai district]], in the southeastern region of Mizoram near the [[Myanmar]] border.

==Geography==
Phawngpui is the highest peak of the [[Lushai Hills]]. There is a semicircular series of [[cliff]]s on the western side called ''Thlazuang Khàm'', which have a sharp and deep fall; [[mountain goat]]s live there. These cliffs are believed to be haunted by spirits.<ref>{{cite book|author = Bhatt SC, Bhragava GK (eds)|title=Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: Mizoram (Volume 19)|year=2006 |page= 153|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|location=Delhi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJEZRa_4R8wC&pg=PA153|isbn=9788178353753}}</ref> On the peak, there is a level ground of about 2 km<sup>2</sup> in area.

==Etymology and origin==

A highly revered peak, considered to be the abode of local deities, Phawngpui was a major centre of [[folk religion]] and location for [[folklore]] stories. The name is derived from the [[Lai languages|Lai language]], ''phong'', meaning "[[grassland]]" or "[[meadow]]", and the suffix ''-pui'' meaning, "great". This was because the mountain was mostly covered with all types of meadows, hence appropriately the "great meadow". The mountain was, according to the belief of the natives, the abode of several spiritual races. The most important folktale, perhaps, is that of a [[deity]] king named "Sangau"; the actual town at the base of the mountain has become [[Sangau]]. Sangau had a son who married the princess of another royal family called Cherian. At the wedding was an exchange of gifts, a couple of [[hoolock gibbons]] from Sangau and a [[pine]] tree from Cherian. The base area, the main entrance of the mountain bears that name ''Farpak'' (meaning "pine only").<ref>{{cite web| author= Property Direction|title=Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram, in Bairro Santo Angelo at Nimruz|date=18 April 2013 | url= http://www.propertydirection.com/228aizawl/phawngpui-blue-mountain-national-park-mizoram/136/ |work= Property and Real Estate in Bairro Santo Angelo |access-date= 26 June 2013}}</ref>

==Conservation==

Since 1992 the mountain has been included in the [[protected area]] of the [[Phawngpui National Park]], one of only two [[national parks of India]] in Mizoram.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Wildlife Adventures|title=Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram|url=http://www.world-wildlife-adventures.com/directory/india/wildlife-park.asp?sanctuary=Phawngpui+Blue+Mountain+National+Park&state=Mizoram|work=world-wildlife-adventures.com|access-date=26 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327003843/http://www.world-wildlife-adventures.com/directory/india/wildlife-park.asp?sanctuary=Phawngpui+Blue+Mountain+National+Park&state=Mizoram|archive-date=27 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The [[Government of Mizoram]] allows [[ecofriendly]] visit to the mountain only during November to April.<ref>{{cite web |author= Editor |title= Thla 6 chhungin Rs. 10,190/- hmu |language= lus |trans-title= Rs. 10,190/- collected in 6 months |date= 15 May 2013 |url= http://www.zothlifim.com/chanchinthar/thla-6-chhungin-10190-hmu/ |work= Zothlifim |access-date= 26 June 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150713210947/http://www.zothlifim.com/chanchinthar/thla-6-chhungin-10190-hmu/ |archive-date= 13 July 2015 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
The area is encircled by matted [[bamboo]] groves and other alluring vegetations. There are varieties of [[butterflies]], including some rare species found in this region. The Farpak area in Phawngpui is a huge grassland adjacent to a cliff area where one can sight birds like [[peregrine falcon]], [[Blyth's tragopan]], [[sunbirds]], [[grey sibia]], [[golden-throated barbet]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Shivaram|first=Shivaram|title=Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) National Park|url=http://www.thejunglelook.com/info/trip-reports/mizoram-dec06/blue-mountain|publisher=The Jungle Book|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> [[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]], [[hornbill]], [[dark-rumped swift]], [[mountain bamboo partridge]], [[black eagle]] and other birds.<ref>{{cite journal|last=CHOUDHURY|first=ANWARUDDIN|title=Notable bird records from Mizoram in north-east India|journal=Oriental Bird Club|year=2006|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:emeaFilE_UYJ:www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/22pdfs/Choudhury-Mizoram.pdf+&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShfeb9QMiAg6-i8kA02mbMq18rGElrwk7-rpQLPaLQzlVYkeHJmdF_W7yQxcJxOtX45Qrn_u4XKs71WsbqqwthkuFCD57xl7ZOmyCK89NX-eX_cX07J-c0gwUQQEdBTTj3rl6-n&sig=AHIEtbSjem-Q9D6x8cASEbo1QP7mmqA7qw|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> The very rare [[clouded leopard]] has been recorded in the Farpak area since 1997.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ghose D |title= First sighting of the clouded leopard ''Neofelis nebulosa'' from the Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram, India |url= http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/article_id_083_01_0020_0021_0.pdf |journal= Current Science |volume=83 |issue= 1 | pages=20–21 |year= 2002 }}</ref> There have been instances of wild orchids being stolen from Phawngpui, efforts are being taken to protect and conserve it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Naubân rutute an man|url=http://vanglaini.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11757:nauban-rutute-an-man&catid=99:tualchhung&Itemid=2|access-date=21 August 2012|newspaper=Vanglaini}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of mountains in India]]
*[[Phawngpui National Park]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:2007-blue-mountain-np.jpg|Park at sunrise
File:2007-blue-mtn-farpak.jpg|Farpak grassland
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
# Mizoram Tourism [https://web.archive.org/web/20070822044044/http://mizotourism.nic.in/placesofinterest.htm]

'''{{Mizoram}}
{{Saiha District}}
{{National Parks of India}}

[[Category:Lushai Hills]]
[[Category:Hills of Mizoram]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Highest points of Indian states and union territories]]
[[Category:Mountains of Mizoram]]

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