[3] According to legend, Panhtwar was the only daughter of Sula Thambawa, a son of Maha Thado Yarzar, the legendary King of Tagaung Kingdom, and Sanda Muhki, an ogress-nymph from Lanka Dipa.

The queen successfully repelled all her enemy forces with the assistance of a magical drum named "Atula Sidaw" (lit.

They convinced Duttabaung that her loveliness was a mere magic trick and falsely claimed that Panhtwar, in reality, was a horrible ogre.

Resilient, she desired to reclaim her kingdom, but unable to assume the role of the queen in this unfamiliar realm, she remained unhappy.

Deprived of his magic and weakened by Panhtwar's earlier deception, he was unable to defend himself against the beast and was ultimately devoured.

Subjected to relentless harassment and ostracization, Panhtwar, unable to bear the torment, tragically took her own life by consuming poison.

[8] In an alternate version of the legend, Panhtwar was a resilient queen whose kingdom was unjustly seized by the King of Sri Ksetra, who manipulated her trust by posing as a monk.

After presenting the cursed cloth to the king, causing him to lose his magic mole, a main source of his power and abilities, he soon faced myriad rebellions and had to flee the capital.

Some believe that her love for the kingdom was so profound that, after her passing, she transformed into a goddess, overseeing and caring for the citizens with her spiritual powers.

[9] In the old city of Beikthano, the talipot palms, despite their age of thousands of years, stubbornly refuse to exceed a meter in height and bear no fruit.

According to local belief, the stunted growth is attributed to Queen Panthwar's curse, indicating that she did not undergo reincarnation.