Mongba Hanba
Mongba Hanba (Old Manipuri: Mongpa Hanpa) is a forest god in Meitei mythology and religion. He is mainly worshipped in a sacred forest named Mongba Hanba Umang in the banks of the Imphal River in Manipur.
| Mongba Hanba (Old Manipuri: Mongpa Hanpa) | |
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Forest God | |
| Member of Umang Lais | |
"Mongpa Hanpa", the Ancient Meitei (Old Manipuri) name of God Mongba Hanba, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida | |
| Affiliation | Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) and Meitei religion (Sanamahism) |
| Major cult center | Mongba Hanba Umang (renamed as Mahabali Hanuman Thakur Temple Complex), Imphal East district, Manipur |
| Abode | Mongba Hanba Umang |
| Gender | Male |
| Region | Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur) |
| Ethnic group | Meitei ethnicity |
| Festivals | Lai Haraoba |
| Equivalents | |
| Hinduism equivalent | Hanuman |
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| English | Mongba Hanba |
| Ancient Meitei | ꯃꯣꯡꯄ ꯍꯟꯄ (mong-pa han-pa) |
| Modern Meitei | ꯃꯣꯡꯕ ꯍꯟꯕ (mong-ba han-ba) |
| Assamese | মোংবা হনবা / মোংবা হন্বা (mong-ba han-ba) |
| Bengali | মোঙবা হনবা / মোঙবা হন্বা (mong-ba han-ba) |
| Hindi | मोंबा हनबा / मोंबा हन्बा (mong-ba han-ba) |
| Sanamahism | |
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