[4] The Goddess Leimarel Sidabi incarnated herself as a little girl and laid herself on a stone slab in the riverbed.
Once Khoriphaba was offered a chance by God Koubru to choose any lady of his own desire from the latter's place.
But since Nungthel Leima was already married, God Koubru could not give Khoriphaba the chosen lady.
This event is enacted by the maibis in the Lai Haraoba festival till present times.
[7][1] The sacred Lai Haraoba festival is annually celebrated in honor of goddess Thoudu Nungthel Leima, besides other deities.
[4] On 19 January 2018, a newly constructed temple of Ema Nungthel Leima was inaugurated at Top Siphai by Oinam Lukhoi, the then MLA of Wangoi Assembly Constituency.