| Thongak Lairembi (Old Manipuri: Thongak Lailempi) | |
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Gatekeeper Goddess of the Entrance Gate to the Underworld Kingdom | |
| Member of Lairembis | |
 "Thongak Leima", the Ancient Meitei (Old Manipuri) name of goddess Thongak Lairembi, written in archaic Meetei Mayek abugida | |
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| Affiliation | Meitei mythology (Manipuri mythology) and Meitei religion (Sanamahism) |
| Major cult center | Langol hills |
| Abode | Langol hills |
| Texts | PuYas |
| Gender | Female |
| Region | Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur) |
| Ethnic group | Meitei ethnicity |
| Festivals | Lai Haraoba |
| Consort | Thongalen (Thongalel) |
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| English | Thongak Lairembi |
| Ancient Meitei | ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯢꯂꯦꯝꯄꯤ / ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯏꯂꯦꯝꯄꯤ (thong-ngaak lai-lem-pee) |
| Modern Meitei | ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ / ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ (thong-ngaak lai-rem-bee) |
| Assamese | থোংঙাক লাইৰেম্বী / থোঙাক লাইৰেম্বী (thong-ngaak lai-rem-bee) |
| Bengali | থোংঙাক লাইরেম্বী / থোঙাক লাইরেম্বী (thong-ngaak lai-rem-bee) |
| Hindi | थोंङाक लाइरेम्बी / थोंङाक लाईरेम्बी (thong-ngaak lai-rem-bee) |
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Thongak Lairembi (Meitei: ꯊꯣꯡꯉꯥꯛ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ, romanized: thong-ngaak-laay-rem-bee, lit. 'gatekeeper goddess'), also known as Langol Lairemma (Meitei: ꯂꯥꯡꯒꯣꯜ ꯂꯥꯢꯔꯦꯝꯃ, romanized: laang-ol-laay-rem-ma), is a goddess in Meitei mythology and religion. She is the divine female personification of the death. She guards the door of the entrance to the underworld, which is the land of the death, ruled by her consort, Thongalen.[1][2][3] Legend says she gets departed from her husband when Thongalel was lost in the battle between the gods of the underworld and those of the upper world, in the hands of Salailen Sidaba. The winner asked the goddess, who is the wife of the loser, to be the gatekeeper of the entrance gate to the underworld, and for Thongalel, he gave him Khamnung Kikoi Louonbi, in return.[1][4]
