Loktak Ima (Meitei: ꯂꯣꯛꯇꯥꯛ ꯏꯃꯥ, romanized: loktaak eemaa, lit.

[8][9][10] She is highly respected and venerated by the fishermen communities of the Meitei ethnicity living in and around the periphery of the Loktak lake.

[12] Her embodiment, the Loktak lake is associated with the epic of Khamba and Thoibi as well as that of Poubi Lai of Meitei mythology and folklore.

It is said that whenever she passes by, the water birds praise her by singing and the deers bow their heads.

Loktak goddess is the symbol of the characters of independence and self-actualization of the women of Manipur.