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Umang Lai Umang Lai are the group of sacred groves preserved for the local forest deities (with the same title), worshipped by the Meitei people, the Pangal people and Meitei Christians, the predominant ethnic groups, since ancient times in the Himalayan ...

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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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Manipuri 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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Andro, Imphal East Andro is a town and a nagar panchayat in Imphal East district in the state of Manipur, India. Andro is an earmarked Scheduled Caste village which has been developed to represent the cultural heritage and artful creativeness of the Manipuri tribe ...

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 ...

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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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Antique Manipur An antique ( la, antiquus; 'old', 'ancient') is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old (or some other limit), although the term is often used loosely ...

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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 ...

Pureiromba (also, Pureilomba or Puleilompa) is a God in

and

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

. He is the giver of rain and agricultural prosperity. He is one of the major

deities. He is the Ancestor God of the

Angom Angom is one of the seven clans of the Meitei people. Angom consists of several Yumnaks which are native peoples of ancient Kangleipak, now Manipur state of India. See also *Mangang *Luwang * Khuman *Moilang *Kha Nganpa *Salai Leishangthem ...

clan of the

History

According to the

Thalon ''Thāron'' ( mni, Thaaron, Knowledge of the Months an ancient Puya (Meitei texts) , Meitei language text, about the lore of the twelve lunar Month, months of a year. It is the foundation for the Meitei calendar. It describes the changing patt ...

text, Pureiromba ( omp, Puleilompa) was one of the 5 gods of 5 different places of the Selloi Langmai Hill (

Nongmaiching Hill ) , native_name_lang = mni , translation = "Nongmaijing Mountain" or "Nongmaijing Hill" (see here) , pronunciation = /nong-māi-jīng chīng/ , authority = Government of Manipur , location ...

). Before the Meitei King Ura Konthouba (c. 7th century CE) killed all the Selloi Langmai people, the cults of these five gods were put together into that of a single God with the name "Langmai Ningthou" (lit. ''King of the Langmais''). The personal names became the other names or various forms of the God. With this, the tribal society of the Selloi Langmai people became one chiefdom. This chiefdom later became the Angom clan.

Description

The people who worship Pureiromba ( omp, Puleilompa) think of him as their ancestor. However, no one knows if he was a real person from history or a god that acted like a human. But the ancient texts that show his adventures in the human world show him as a strong, powerful and able founding ancestor. He was initially associated with a Loi village of

. But in later times, the people of Moirang worshipped him as one of their deified ancestors.

Festival

The religious festival of

is celebrated in honor of God Pureiromba ( omp, Puleilompa) in the months of Kalen (April-May). The Haraoba of Pureiromba belongs to the type of the Chakpa Haraoba. Chakpa Haraoba is one of the four types of

. At

, on the last day of the celebration of Pureiromba, a small mound of rice offerings is piled up by the

maibi Maibi are the priestess of Manipur Kingdom commonly known for performing religious rites. They are considered as Shamanism, shamans as well as Midwife, midwives. They possess various skills of religious activities and ancient medicinal knowledge. ...

s. Out of rice, the maibis construct a small landscape of mountain ranges, ravines, lakes, rivers, etc.

Cults and pantheons

There are pantheons dedicated to God Pureiromba and his son Chinsongba in the village of

. God Pureiromba is also regarded as the ancestor of the people of the Sharumbam clan of

. The cult of Pureiromba was looked after by the people of Mangsatabam clan of

Namesakes

Pureiromba Youth Club

The ''Pureiromba Youth Club, Bamon Kampu, Imphal'' is a youths' club of

. It reported to the

Government of Manipur The Government of Manipur ( mni, Manipur Leingak; /mə.ni.pur lə́i.ŋak/), also known as the State Government of Manipur, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Manipur and its 16 districts. ...

about the case of

Thangjam Manorama Thangjam Manorama (1971–2004) was a 32-year-old woman from Manipur, India who was killed by the Indian paramilitary unit, 17th Assam Rifles on 11 July 2004. Her bullet-ridden and badly mutilated dead body was found abandoned three kilometers aw ...

References

External links

INTERNET ARCHIVE, Pureiromba

E-PAO, Pureiromba

E-PAO, Pureilomba
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