Thamlom

Thamlom is a famous village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

There is a stone which is known as the goddess of rain locally called 'Tsalrong Long'. The stone looks coiled up and attractive.

As per the villagers beliefs, mysterious phenomenon of it is, when the stone is disturbed it causes continuous torrential rain for days together with dark thick cloud descending upon earth, and bright and sunny weather is restored only after the deity is worshiped.

As per the villagers story, a lady named Nurap Ngemu discovered the stone while weeding millet crops in her field. She took it to her home. But on arriving, she found dark cloud veiled the entire village and soon unusual downpour followed. An idea and apprehension hit her imagination that the stone she brought might be the cause of such horrible rain; she threw it out of the village.

The other day when she got to her work, she was surprised finding the same stone at the same spot where it was found. So, she needed no time to understand it was not an ordinary one. Since then her brother Kamkang took up worshipping it. After his death, family tradition has been continued by his descendents till today.