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Meitei mythology Meitei mythology or Manipuri mythology ( mni, Meitei Mi Lai Tingi Wari) is a collection of myths, belonging to the religious and cultural traditions of the Meitei people, the predominant ethnic group of Manipur. It is associated with tradi ...

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Khurkhul Khurkhul is a village in the Imphal West district in Manipur, India. It is located north of Lamphelpat and from the state capital Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian s ...

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Ancient Kangleipak The Manipur Kingdom was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier that was in subsidiary alliance with British India from 1824, and became a princely state in 1891. It bordered Assam Province in the west and Briti ...

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Meitei ethnicity The Meitei people, also known as the Manipuri people,P.20: "historically, academically and conventionally Manipuri prominently refers to the Meetei people."P.24: "For the Meeteis, Manipuris comprise Meeteis, Lois, Kukis, Nagas and Pangal." is ...

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Lai Haraoba Lai Haraoba is a festival associated with the Meitei people celebrated to please the Umang Lai, the traditional deities of Sanamahism. Translated, Lai Haraoba means ''merry making of the Gods'' in Meiteilon. In this festival, the people worship ...

Ichum Lairembi ( omp, Ichum Lailempi) or Echum Lairembi ( omp, Echum Lailempi) or Eechum Lairembi ( omp, Eechum Lailempi) is a Lairembi (goddess) in

and

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region, present day

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

Legends

According to legends, the power of Goddess ''Ichum Lairembi'' ( omp, Ichum Lailempi) resides at ''Thingba Maran Ngambi'' ( omp, Thingpa Malan Ngampi). It is the reason why all the offerings brought for Goddess ''Ichum Lairembi'' are offered to ''Thingba Maran Ngambi''. In a legend, Princess Thoibi of

Ancient Moirang Ancient Moirang, also known as Keke Moirang, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the southern plains of the present day Manipur, India. The Keke Kangla served as the capital city of the kingdom since time immemorial. The major body of a ...

was once ordered by the King of Moirang to throw an

egg An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...

. So, she and her slaves proceeded to a journey to carry on the task. The egg they brought fell on ground and got broken at the area of Goddess ''Ichum Lairembi'' in

. From that time onwards, they started to live in the place and celebrate

festival to please Goddess ''Ichum Lairembi''.

Festival

Every year, the sacred

festival is celebrated in honor Goddess Ichum Lairembi ( omp, Ichum Lailempi). Among the places of celebrations of the holy festival,

is the predominant one.

References

External links

The Geography Of Manipur_INTERNET ARCHIVE
* * Registrar, India Office of the (1976). Census of India, 1971: A-10:B. District census handbook. Town & village directory. Primary census abstract [name of district. Controller of Publications. * Manipur, India Director of Census Operations (1973). District Census Handbook: Manipur Central District. Census Operations, Manipur. {{Sanamahi1 Meitei goddesses Leima

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