Sanamahism is an ethnoreligion or folk religion. Kangla Pakhangba Laishang, the temple of God Pakhangba of Sanamahi religion inside the Kangla Fort, Imphal West, Manipur Description The first mentions are found in the Cheitharol Kumbaba, the Court Chronicles of the kings of Kangleipak (old name of Manipur), starting from the king Nongda Lairen Pakhangba, who ruled for more than a century, from 33 to 154 CE. Lairembi is mostly used for the Umang Lais. When referring to a male deity, the terms Lainingthou, Ebhudhou or Epa are used while the terms, Lairembi, Ebhendhou or Ema are used to refer to a female deity.
Īll the deities are denoted by the universal term Lai which means god in Manipuri. There are similarities between the Umang Lais and the Nat deities of Myanmar. The worship of Umang Lais and the ritual that this entails, referred to as the Umang Lai Haraoba, is one of the main religious festivals in Sanamahism.
The Umang Lais are often one of the main deities or an incarnation of the main deities. Regional deities are worshipped by the residents around the temple of the Umang Lais. Worship of the Apokpa deities, the Yek Lais or the Saghei Lais are within a clan, families sharing the same surname. The deities in Sanamhism can be classified into the main deities, ancestral deities called Apokpa, deities of Meitei clans (Yek Lai) or family (Saghei Lai) and regional deities called Lam Lai or Umang Lai. These departments have existed since the reign of King Meidingu Hongnemyoi Khunjao Naothingkhong of Manipur in 662 AD. There are three main departments under the Pandit Loishang, namely, the Amaiba Loishang, the Pena Asheiba Loishang and the Amaibi Loishang. The Maru Loishang also acts a court for religious disputes. Sanamahism does not have a religious head but has a body, Maru Loishang (also known as Pandit Loishang) that oversees the main religious activities and govern all affairs pertaining to the religion including conducts of priest and priestess. The importance of Sanamahi in the religion is also emphasized in the name itself which means Liquid Gold.
Traditionally every Meitei household, irrespective of the religion, worships Sanamahi and Leimarel Sidabi. Sanamahi is the eldest son of the supreme god Yaibirel Sidaba (also known as Saalailel Sidaba) and the supreme goddess Leimarel Sidabi. It is a polytheistic religion and is named after God Lainingthou Sanamahi, one of the most important deities of the Meitei faith. "faith of God-king" ), is an ethnic religion of the Meitei people of Manipur, Northeast India. "Meitei religion" ) or Lainingthouism ( lit. "Sanamahi religion" ) or Meiteism ( Meitei: Meitei Laining, lit. Sanamahism ( Meitei: Sanamahi Laining, lit.
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