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| type         = Meitei
| name         = Pureiromba <br /> ({{lang-omp|Puleilompa}}) 
| deity_of     = Giver of rain and good farming
| member_of    = [[Umang Lai]]s
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| caption      = "Puleilompa", the [[Ancient Meitei language|Ancient Meitei]] ([[Old Manipuri]]) name of God Pureiromba, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida
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| region       = [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]]) 
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{{Meitei deities}}
'''Pureiromba''' ({{lang-mni|ꯄꯨꯔꯩꯔꯣꯝꯕ}}) or '''Puleilompa''' ({{lang-omp|ꯄꯨꯂꯩꯂꯣꯝꯄ}}) is a God in [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]]. He is the giver of rain and good luck in farming.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COCBAAAAMAAJ&q=pureiromba|title=The Pleasing of the Gods: Meitei Lai Haraoba|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|date=1997|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|isbn=978-81-259-0416-8|language=en}}</ref> He is one of the major [[Umang Lai]] deities.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIBymmBWqgsC&dq=Pureiromba+major+umang+lais&pg=PA59|title=The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai|last=Devi|first=Lairenlakpam Bino|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-849-5|pages=59|language=en}}</ref> He is the Ancestor God of the [[Angom]] clan of the [[Meitei ethnicity]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&dq=pureiromba&pg=PA10|title=Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-853-2|pages=10|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.108375/page/15/mode/2up?q=Pureiromba|title=Religion Of Manipur|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|date=1980|publisher=Firma Klm|pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEQqAAAAYAAJ&q=pureiromba|title=The Religion of Manipur: Beliefs, Rituals, and Historical Development|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|date=1980|publisher=Firma KLM|isbn=978-0-8364-0594-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DE1mDwAAQBAJ&q=Angom+chief+Pureiromba&pg=PA32|title=Ne Scholar Magazine: World's Largest Mandalas from Manipur and Carl Jung's Archetype of the Self|last=Singh|first=Dr R. K. Nimai|date=2018-06-25|publisher=NE Brothers|pages=32|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
According to the [[Thalon]] text, Pureiromba ({{lang-omp|Puleilompa}}) was one of the 5 gods of 5 different places of the [[Nongmaiching Hill|Selloi Langmai Hill]] ([[Nongmaiching Hill]]). Before the Meitei King [[Ura Konthouba]] (c. 7th century CE) killed all the Selloi Langmai people, the cults of these five gods were put together into that of a single God with the name "Langmai Ningthou" (lit. ''King of the Langmais''). The personal names became the other names or various forms of the God. With this, the tribal society of the Selloi Langmai people became one chiefdom. This chiefdom later became the [[Angom|Angom clan]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgHgCwAAQBAJ&dq=pureiromba&pg=PA79|title=Meeyamgi Kholao: Sprout of Consciousness|last=Birajit|first=Soibam|date=2014-12-01|publisher=ARECOM ( Advanced Research Consortium, Manipur)|language=en|pages=79}}</ref>

[[File:FUSION OF THE 5 DEITIES INTO ONE WITH THE NAME "LANGMAI NINGTHOU".jpg|thumb|300px|center|Pureiromba ({{lang-omp|Puleilompa}}) was one of the 5 gods worshipped in the 5 divisions of the [[Nongmaiching Hill|Selloi Langmai hills]] that gradually merged into one God with the name "Langmai Ningthou" (lit. ''King of the Langmais'').]]

== Description ==
The people who worship Pureiromba ({{lang-omp|Puleilompa}}) think of him as their ancestor. However, no one knows if he was a real person from history or a god that acted like a human. But the ancient texts that show his adventures in the human world show him as a strong, powerful and able founding ancestor.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&dq=pureiromba&pg=PA22|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|pages=22|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.507183/page/178/mode/2up?q=Pureiromba|title=Roy Jyotimoy.|date=1958|publisher=Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay.|pages=178}}</ref> He was initially associated with a Loi village of [[Andro, Manipur]]. But in later times, the people of [[Moirang]] worshipped him as one of their deified ancestors.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&dq=pureiromba&pg=PA23|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|pages=23|language=en}}</ref>

== Festival ==
The religious festival of [[Lai Haraoba]] is celebrated in honor of God Pureiromba ({{lang-omp|Puleilompa}}) in the months of Kalen (April-May).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2wMAQAAMAAJ&q=pureiromba|title=Modernisation, Challenge and Response: A Study of the Chakpa Community of Manipur|last=Basanta|first=Ningombam|date=2008|publisher=Akansha Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8370-152-5|language=en}}</ref> The Haraoba of Pureiromba belongs to the type of the Chakpa Haraoba. Chakpa Haraoba is one of the four types of [[Lai Haraoba]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-TzDwAAQBAJ&q=pureiromba+for+Chakpa+Haraoba+types+of+Lai+Haraoba&pg=PT308|title=Himalayan Bridge|last1=Kumar|first1=Niraj|last2=Driem|first2=George van|last3=Stobdan|first3=Phunchok|date=2020-11-18|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-21551-9|pages=308|language=en}}</ref>
At [[Andro, Manipur]], on the last day of the celebration of Pureiromba, a small mound of rice offerings is piled up by the [[maibi]]s. Out of rice, the maibis construct a small landscape of mountain ranges, ravines, lakes, rivers, etc.<ref>Hamilton, Roy W.; Ammayao, Aurora (2003). The Art of Rice: Spirit and Sustenance in Asia. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. ISBN 978-0-930741-98-3.</ref>

== Cults and pantheons ==
There are pantheons dedicated to God Pureiromba and his son Chinsongba in the village of [[Andro, Manipur|Andro]] in [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYWmAvDVzREC&q=pureiromba|title=Publications|last=Britain)|first=Folklore Society (Great)|date=1913|language=en}}</ref>
God Pureiromba is also regarded as the ancestor of the people of the Sharumbam clan of [[Meitei ethnicity]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIBymmBWqgsC&dq=pureiromba+Sharumbam&pg=PA50|title=The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai|last=Devi|first=Lairenlakpam Bino|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-849-5|pages=50|language=en}}</ref> The cult of Pureiromba was looked after by the people of Mangsatabam clan of [[Meitei ethnicity]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO-vtI8NuxIC&q=pureiromba+mangsatabam&pg=PA4|title=Manipur: Treatise & Documents|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-399-5|pages=4|language=en}}</ref>

== Namesakes ==
=== Pureiromba Youth Club ===
The ''Pureiromba Youth Club, Bamon Kampu, Imphal'' is a youths' club of [[Manipur]]. It reported to the [[Government of Manipur]] about the case of [[:en:Thangjam Manorama|Thangjam Manorama]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0moDAAAQBAJ&q=Pureiromba+Youth+Club%2C+Bamon+Kampu%2C+Imphal+submitted+representation+Govt+of+Manipur+reporting+Thangjam+Manorama+Devi&pg=PT258|title=The Peripheral Centre: Voices from India's Northeast|last=Gill|first=Preeti|date=2014-02-13|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=978-93-83074-65-5|pages=258|language=en}}</ref>

== Related pages ==
* [[Panam Ningthou]]

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== Other websites ==
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* [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Pureiromba&sin=TXT INTERNET ARCHIVE, Pureiromba]
* [http://e-pao.net/epSearchResults.asp?cx=partner-pub-3342616103029311%3A3788634109&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Pureiromba&sa.x=0&sa.y=0 E-PAO, Pureiromba]
* [http://e-pao.net/epSearchResults.asp?cx=partner-pub-3342616103029311%3A3788634109&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Pureilomba&sa.x=0&sa.y=0&siteurl=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fe-pao.net%2F%3Ffrom%3Dmobile E-PAO, Pureilomba]
* {{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.language.1340/page/n399/mode/2up?q=%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE|title=চৈথারোল কুমপাপা|last=Brahmacharimayum Kulachandra Sharma|pages=399|language=mni}}

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