Khamnu feared evil plots, she took her younger brother and fled her home town.

[1][4][2][5][6] Khamnu and her younger brother Khamba were given fatherly care by General Thonglen and a nobleman called Chaoba Nongthonba before and after their time at the Kabui village in the hills.

[7] So she is often compared to Kunti of the Mahabharata because of the hard work she did to raise and care for Khuman Khamba.

[7] Khamnu's parents died when her brother Khuman Khamba was still a baby, and life became very difficult for them.

They drank the water in which a golden bracelet had been dipped and vowed to be lovers forever.

At Nongban's defeat, Khamba's long-hidden identity as the son of the great warrior Khuman Purenba became common knowledge.

[9] At this, Minister Nongthonba remembered the marriage engagement between Feiroijamba, his firstborn son, and Khamnu and went to visit her.

Khamnu told her brother the secret of catching the Kao bull and gave him a special rope.

[12] Khamnu and Feiroijamba got married after the wedding of Khuman Khamba and Moirang Thoibi.