Laininghan Naoriya Phulo (born 28 August 1888) was a
Meitei religious, social and political leader and the founder of the antique
Meitei religion
Sanamahism , also known as Meiteism , or Lainingthouism is an ethnic religion of the Meitei people of Manipur, in Northeast India. It is a polytheistic religion and is named after Lainingthou Sanamahi, one of the most important deities of ...
revivalist school of
Apokpa Marup
The Apokpa Marup is a religious institution dedicated to the practice and propagation of Apokpa Laining, a traditional Meitei people, Meitei religious concept. Founded on April 13, 1930, by Laininghan Naoriya Phulo, Apokpa Marup has played a signi ...
. According to Meitei doctrines, he was regarded as a
prophet
In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divinity, divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings ...
who was born to preserve and revive the suppressed ancient paganism of the
Meitei ethnicity
The Meitei people, also known as Meetei 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." are a Ti ...
. He is seen as an example for all Meiteis to follow. He invented a modern script (different from the present
Meitei Mayek
The Meitei script (), also known as the Kanglei script () or the Kok Sam Lai script (), after its first three letters is an abugida in the Brahmic scripts family used to write the Meitei language, the official language of Manipur, Assam an ...
) to write
Meitei language
Meitei (; ) also known as Manipuri ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur and an additional official language in four districts of Assam. It is one of the scheduled ...
and its numerals taking help from the old script which he discovered from the
Shakok Salai Thiren, based on the cosmic evolution of the
Meitei mythology
Meitei mythology (or Manipuri mythology) () 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 traditional Meitei religion of Sanam ...
.
Still today, people celebrate his birthday on the month of Thawan (August) according to
Meitei calendar
The Meitei calendar () or the Manipuri calendar () or the Kangleipak calendar () or the Maliyapham Palcha Kumshing () is a lunar calendar used by the Meitei people of Manipur for their religious, agricultural and other cultural activities. New mo ...
both in
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
and
Manipur
Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...
.
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Bibliography
* https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310092
* https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465301
* https://books.google.com/books?id=aAuKAAAAMAAJ&q=naoriya+phulo
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External links
* http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.books.Laininghan_Naoria_Phulo_The_Prophet_Extracts_From_Sakok_Thiren
* http://www.manipur.org/news/tag/laininghan-naoriya-phulo-charitable-trust/
* https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2019/8/23/Bpr-Tbl-Aug-23-The-131st-birth-anniversary-of-Laininghal-Naoriya-Phulo-was-celebrated-followed-by-an-award-distribution-ceremony-for-successful-students-of-class-X-and-XII-from-Bishnupur-district-a.html
* http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=28..270813.aug13
* https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/enlightening-discussion-on-manipuri-litterateur-naoria-phulo/
* https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/4199-recitation-competition-on-naoria-phulo-s-poem
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