On this matter, King Gambhir Singh offered prayers to God Ibudhou Khana Chaoba (Meitei: ꯏꯕꯨꯙꯧ ꯈꯥꯅ ꯆꯥꯎꯕ), to show him a way to fix it.
Lady Thambalnu willingly sacrificed herself for the bunding of the fissure by the Imphal River, so as to save the lives of everyone in the kingdom from the disastrous flood.
[4][3][5] Regarding human sacrifice to the gods, in relation to the case of lady Yairipok Thambalnu, scholar Moirangthem Kirti Singh (Meitei: ꯃꯣꯏꯔꯥꯡꯊꯦꯝ ꯀꯤꯔꯇꯤ ꯁꯤꯡꯍ) noted: "...
The idea of altruism or voluntary sacrifice in order to ensure the welfare of the country was associated with the names of Pangan Langanubi (a Manipuri Muslim woman) and Yairipok Thambalnu.
The bards or asheibas immortalized the names of these ladies by their tunes and beating of dholak in the assembly of the elderly ..."In Meitei tradition, elders, in their attempts to stop children from wandering away from their vision, used to make them afraid, by narrating the story of lady Thambalnu of Yairipok, about her being sacrificed and drowned to appease gods when the river embankments were ruptured.
I don't know why I want them to appear in front of me today Nongpok Panthoibee, Moirang Thoibee, Yaithing Konu, Nura Shanthalembee, Ingallei, Yairipok Thambalnu, who else left?
[7][1] In 1990s, Thambalnu, based on the romantic Meitei tragedy, written by Bachaspatimayum Jayantakumar Sharma, was translated by A. Krishna Mohant Nishant, and was performed by the 2nd year students of the National School of Drama (NSD).
[27][28][29] The Yairipok Thambalnu Keithel (Meitei for 'Yairipok Thambalnu Market') in Imphal East district annually hosts the "State Level Pineapple Festival cum Buyers and Sellers Meet & Youth Festival", including the "Pineapple Queen contest", under the North-East Council and Horticulture and Soil Conservation, Government of Manipur.
[30][31][32][33] In December 2022, the "Yairipok Thambalnu Higher Secondary School" (alias "Thambalnu Higher Secondary School"[d]) of Yairipok, Thoubal district was frequently mentioned in media channels,[34][35] because 7 students ("10" in some news) of this institution, were killed and over 35 students of the same, got injured, in a road accident that happened in Longsai part-III village in Noney district of Manipur.
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