Panam Ningthou

Panam Ningthou (Meitei: ꯄꯅꯝ ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ) is a God in Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur.

[5][6][7] Panam Ningthou is a rain and weather God of the Meitei people of Manipur.

[16] Two days before the Lai Haraoba festival begins, Panam Ningthou is said to come to in the form of a ball of light.

Converts to religions other than Sanamahism are not allowed to participate in the religious festival, even if they are native of Andro.

[16] The Loi people regarded Panam Ningthou as a protector of the Meitei king, who himself provided sacrificial animals, including buffalo, for the God.

[5]: 119–120 According to the Thalon text, Panam Ningthou was one of the five gods of five different places in the Nongmaiching Hills.

Panam Ningthou was one of the 5 gods worshipped in the 5 divisions of the Selloi Langmai hills that gradually merged into one God with the name "Langmai Ningthou" (lit. King of the Langmais ).