[5][6][7] Khuyol Haoba and Yaithing Konu were historical figures who lived during the reign of Moilang King Sana Lakhwa (185-236) in Moirang kingdom, as stated in the text named the Kanglei Lamthon Puya.

The story was later crafted into a legendary account by adding mythological elements such as the divine intervention of God Thangching who wished Yaithing Konu to seek help from Khuyol Haoba, thereby making the two fell in love with each other.

His late father Khundouremba used to hold the court office to look after the royal religious rites and rituals, to take care of a rare sacred bamboo species called Tesa, to remove the creepers of the Tayan (also spelled as "Tayal") species and to burnish the divine metal mask.

However, he used to hide among the phumdis of the Loktak lake to save himself from the human sacrifice as demanded by the presiding deity of Moirang in accordance to an oracle.

[11] In reality, the prophecy of the oracle was a barbaric brutal conspiracy devised by a nobleman named Thangarakpa (Old Manipuri: Thangkalakpa), who was jealous of the late Khundouremba, and so, he wanted to eliminate the latter's young son Khuyol Haoba.

Thangarakpa took the opportunity in the occurrence of drought and famine in Moirang, and bribed a fake god-man to declare that only the offering of an orphan man could please God Thangching (Thangjing) to diminish the sufferings of the people.

As time passed on, fortunately, the king of Moirang got to know about Khuyol Haoba's identity and reinstated him to his late father's official position.

Khuyol Haoba used to visit Yaithing Konu, impersonating himself as a man from the hills, working for Kaoba Hingamba.