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	The ancient legend of '''Ura Naha Khongjomba and Pidonnu''' ({{lang-mni\|Khongjomba-Pidongnu}}) is one of the [[epic cycles of incarnations]] of [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore\|folklore]], that is originated from [[Moirang]] kingdom{{efn\|[[Moirang]] was an independent kingdom in early times, though later became a province of a unified kingdom, called [[Manipur Kingdom]].}} of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]). It concerns the love and the adventures of Ura Naha Khongjomba ({{lang-omp\|Khongchompa}}), a forgotten prince, for the beautiful Pidonnu ({{lang-omp\|Pitonnu}}).<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Oinam \|first1=Bhagat \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X31aDwAAQBAJ&q=seven+cycles+Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+%28hero%29+and+Pidonnu+%28heroine%29&pg=PT236 \|title=Northeast India: A Reader \|last2=Sadokpam \|first2=Dhiren A. \|date=2018-05-11 \|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] \|year=2018 \|isbn=978-0-429-95320-0 \|pages=236 \|language=en \|quote=Apart from several other works based on the theme of love, mention may be made of the literature coming from the Moirang region of Manipur. A civilization situated on the magnificent Loktak Lake, the culture of the Moirang clan has been noted. Numerous manuscripts of the Moirang region dwell on the theme of love. One of the most popular stories refers to the seven pairs of lovers who are regarded as incarnations of the same souls in different generations or ages. The seven cycles are Akongjamba (hero) and Phouoibi (heroine); Henjunaha (hero) and Leima Lairuklembi (heroine); Khuyol Haoba (hero) and Yaithing Konu (heroine); Kadeng Thangjahanba (hero) and Tonu Laijinglembi (heroine); Ura Naha Khongjomba (hero) and Pidonnu (heroine)...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lisam \|first=Khomdan Singh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6d-IyINtk4C&q=Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+Pidonnu+immortal+love+stories&pg=PA588 \|title=Encyclopaedia Of Manipur (3 Vol.) \|date=2011 \|publisher= \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-81-7835-864-2 \|location=India \|pages=588 \|language=en}}</ref> Khongjomba (1210-1263 AD) was the [[First-degree relative\|biological son]] of King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba (1138-1210 AD) of [[Moirang]] and Lady [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi\|Tonu Laijinglembi]], but he was born in the house of his [[foster father]] [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi\| Kadeng Thangjahanba]], the second husband of Tonu Laijinglembi. Pidonnu (also spelled as "Pidonu" or "Pidongnu") was the daughter of a nobleman of Moirang.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bormani \|first=Sarangthem \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater \|title=Moirang Shaion \|collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] \|date=2003 \|publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] \|others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] \|year=2003 \|location=India \|pages=590–632 \|language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Ch Manihar \|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en \|title=A History of Manipuri Literature \|date=1996 \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 \|location=India \|pages=67, 68 \|language=en}}</ref>		The ancient legend of '''Ura Naha Khongjomba and Pidonnu''' ({{lang-mni\|{{script\|mtei\|ꯈꯣꯡꯖꯣꯝꯕ ꯄꯤꯗꯣꯡꯅꯨ}}\|\|Khongjomba-Pidongnu}}) is one of the [[epic cycles of incarnations]] of [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore\|folklore]], that is originated from [[Moirang]] kingdom{{efn\|[[Moirang]] was an independent kingdom in early times, though later became a province of a unified kingdom, called [[Manipur Kingdom]].}} of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]). It concerns the love and the adventures of Ura Naha Khongjomba ({{lang-omp\|Khongchompa}}), a forgotten prince, for the beautiful Pidonnu ({{lang-omp\|Pitonnu}}).<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Oinam \|first1=Bhagat \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X31aDwAAQBAJ&q=seven+cycles+Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+%28hero%29+and+Pidonnu+%28heroine%29&pg=PT236 \|title=Northeast India: A Reader \|last2=Sadokpam \|first2=Dhiren A. \|date=2018-05-11 \|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] \|year=2018 \|isbn=978-0-429-95320-0 \|pages=236 \|language=en \|quote=Apart from several other works based on the theme of love, mention may be made of the literature coming from the Moirang region of Manipur. A civilization situated on the magnificent Loktak Lake, the culture of the Moirang clan has been noted. Numerous manuscripts of the Moirang region dwell on the theme of love. One of the most popular stories refers to the seven pairs of lovers who are regarded as incarnations of the same souls in different generations or ages. The seven cycles are Akongjamba (hero) and Phouoibi (heroine); Henjunaha (hero) and Leima Lairuklembi (heroine); Khuyol Haoba (hero) and Yaithing Konu (heroine); Kadeng Thangjahanba (hero) and Tonu Laijinglembi (heroine); Ura Naha Khongjomba (hero) and Pidonnu (heroine)...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lisam \|first=Khomdan Singh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6d-IyINtk4C&q=Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+Pidonnu+immortal+love+stories&pg=PA588 \|title=Encyclopaedia Of Manipur (3 Vol.) \|date=2011 \|publisher= \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-81-7835-864-2 \|location=India \|pages=588 \|language=en}}</ref> Khongjomba (1210-1263 AD) was the [[First-degree relative\|biological son]] of King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba (1138-1210 AD) of [[Moirang]] and Lady [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi\|Tonu Laijinglembi]], but he was born in the house of his [[foster father]] [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi\| Kadeng Thangjahanba]], the second husband of Tonu Laijinglembi. Pidonnu (also spelled as "Pidonu" or "Pidongnu") was the daughter of a nobleman of Moirang.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Bormani \|first=Sarangthem \|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater \|title=Moirang Shaion \|collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] \|date=2003 \|publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] \|others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] \|year=2003 \|location=India \|pages=590–632 \|language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Singh \|first=Ch Manihar \|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en \|title=A History of Manipuri Literature \|date=1996 \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] \|year=1996 \|isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 \|location=India \|pages=67, 68 \|language=en}}</ref>

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{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
{{Infobox folk tale
|Folk_Tale_Name = The story of Ura Naha Khongjomba and Pidonnu <br /> ({{lang-mni|Khongjomba-Pidongnu}})
|Image_Name = Meitei and Latin transliterations of "Khongjomba" and "Pidongnu".jpg
|Image_Caption = [[Meitei script|Meitei]] and [[Latin transliteration]]s of "Khongjomba" and "Pidongnu"
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* Khongjomba and Pidonu
* Khongjomba and Pidonnu
* Khongjomba and Pidongnu
* Khongchompa and Pitonu
* Khongchompa and Pitonnu
* Khongchompa and Pitongnu
|Mythology = [[Meitei mythology]] ([[Manipuri mythology]])
|Country = {{flagicon image|Flag of Manipur (stripes variant).svg}} [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (historical) <br /> {{IND}} (present)
|Region = [[Moirang]], [[Manipur]]
|Origin_Date = During the reign of [[Moilang]] king Iwang Puriklai Laijing Punsiba (1138-1210 AD)
|Published_In =
|Related = [[Meitei folklore]] ([[Manipuri folklore]]), <br /> [[Meitei literature]] ([[Manipuri literature]])
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{{Meitei mythology}}
The ancient legend of '''Ura Naha Khongjomba and Pidonnu''' ({{lang-mni|Khongjomba-Pidongnu}}) is one of the [[epic cycles of incarnations]] of [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Meitei folklore|folklore]], that is originated from [[Moirang]] kingdom{{efn|[[Moirang]] was an independent kingdom in early times, though later became a province of a unified kingdom, called [[Manipur Kingdom]].}} of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]). It concerns the love and the adventures of Ura Naha Khongjomba ({{lang-omp|Khongchompa}}), a forgotten prince, for the beautiful Pidonnu ({{lang-omp|Pitonnu}}).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Oinam |first1=Bhagat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X31aDwAAQBAJ&q=seven+cycles+Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+%28hero%29+and+Pidonnu+%28heroine%29&pg=PT236 |title=Northeast India: A Reader |last2=Sadokpam |first2=Dhiren A. |date=2018-05-11 |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-429-95320-0 |pages=236 |language=en |quote=Apart from several other works based on the theme of love, mention may be made of the literature coming from the Moirang region of Manipur. A civilization situated on the magnificent Loktak Lake, the culture of the Moirang clan has been noted. Numerous manuscripts of the Moirang region dwell on the theme of love. One of the most popular stories refers to the seven pairs of lovers who are regarded as incarnations of the same souls in different generations or ages. The seven cycles are Akongjamba (hero) and Phouoibi (heroine); Henjunaha (hero) and Leima Lairuklembi (heroine); Khuyol Haoba (hero) and Yaithing Konu (heroine); Kadeng Thangjahanba (hero) and Tonu Laijinglembi (heroine); Ura Naha Khongjomba (hero) and Pidonnu (heroine)...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lisam |first=Khomdan Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6d-IyINtk4C&q=Ura+Naha+Khongjomba+Pidonnu+immortal+love+stories&pg=PA588 |title=Encyclopaedia Of Manipur (3 Vol.) |date=2011 |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn=978-81-7835-864-2 |location=India |pages=588 |language=en}}</ref> Khongjomba (1210-1263 AD) was the [[First-degree relative|biological son]] of King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba (1138-1210 AD) of [[Moirang]] and Lady [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi|Tonu Laijinglembi]], but he was born in the house of his [[foster father]] [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi| Kadeng Thangjahanba]], the second husband of Tonu Laijinglembi. Pidonnu (also spelled as "Pidonu" or "Pidongnu") was the daughter of a nobleman of Moirang.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bormani |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Moirang Shaion |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=2003 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=2003 |location=India |pages=590–632 |language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ch Manihar |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=A History of Manipuri Literature |date=1996 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 |location=India |pages=67, 68 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
Ura Naha Khongjomba ([[Regnal name]]: Iwang Puriklai Khongjomba) (1210-1263 AD) was the King ("Iwang Puriklai") of [[Moirang]], and the son of King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba (1138-1210 AD) and Lady Tonu Laijinglembi. Pidonnu (also spelled as Pidongnu) was the queen of King Khongjomba.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moirang Ningthourol Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 6 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Moirang_Ningthourol_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_6 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Event and Achievement Part 3 Moirang and Ebuthou Thangjing Part 12 |url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Event_and_Achievement_Part_3_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_12 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=e-pao.net |quote=PURIKLAI LAIJING PUNSIBA (1138-1210) He was the 33rd King of Moirang and during his long period of 70 years rule, two remarkable love stories of Salwon and Langwon of Moirang Kangleirol series, were witnessed one was the 8th and tragedy story of 'Kadeng Thangja Hanba and Tonu Laijinglembi'- and the other was the 9th in the series, Khongjomba-Pidongnu - of Moirang Sheisaklon series.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=manipur channel >>Moirang Kangleirol ~ E-Pao! News About Manipur |url=http://e-pao.net/epPrinter.asp?src=manipur.Moirang_Kangleirol.Salwons_And_Langwons_Moirang_and_Ebuthou_Thangjing_Part_9 |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=e-pao.net |quote=Iwang Puriklai Laijing Punsiba (AD 1138-1210) Kadeng Thangja Hanba - Tonu Laijinglembi; Khongjomba - Pidongnu
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bormani |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Moirang Shaion |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=2003 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=2003 |location=India |pages=590–632 |language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Boamani Singh |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310082/page/n1/mode/2up |title=Tonu Laijinglembi |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1994 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani Singh; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=1994 |location=India |language=mni }}</ref>

== Plot ==
[[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi|Kadeng Thangjahanba]] died on the prime time of his life, leaving his wife [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi|Tonu Laijinglembi]] and her son named Ura Naha Khongjomba (conceived during her stay with King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba). King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba could not produce any further sons. Unfortunately, the king was not fully aware that his son was born in the house of Kadeng Thangjahanba. Lacking an heir, he consulted his courtiers court and chose a young man named Nidrām, on the strength of his princely moral standards, to be his successor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bormani |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Moirang Shaion |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=2003 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=2003 |location=India |pages=590–632 |language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ch Manihar |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=A History of Manipuri Literature |date=1996 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 |location=India |pages=67, 68 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Boamani Singh |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310082/page/n1/mode/2up |title=Tonu Laijinglembi |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1994 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani Singh; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=1994 |location=India |language=mni }}</ref>

Tonu Laijinglembi was afraid that her Khongjomba would come to harm if his true identity were revealed. So, she took her young son and fled to the hills, seeking asylum in the house of her husband's friend, the chief of Leihou tribe. She lived there till her son grew to manhood, and then they both returned to the house of late Thangjahanba. During that time, as planned by God [[Thangching]], the people of [[Moirang]] had forgotten about the family of the late Kadeng Thangjahanba, and refused to help Tonu Laijinglembi and her son. They lived in poverty, Khongjomba collecting firewood daily and Tonu Laijinglembi selling in the market.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bormani |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Moirang Shaion |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=2003 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=2003 |location=India |pages=590–632 |language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ch Manihar |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=A History of Manipuri Literature |date=1996 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 |location=India |pages=67, 68 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Boamani Singh |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310082/page/n1/mode/2up |title=Tonu Laijinglembi |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1994 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani Singh; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=1994 |location=India |language=mni }}</ref>

One day, Khongjomba happened to meet Lady Pidonnu, during a game of ''kang'' (a traditional Meitei game), played between ladies and gentlemen. Nidrām, the Royal heir, was immediately jealous. So, he sent his men to attack Khongjomba. However, Nidrām's men were overcame by the powerful Khongjomba. Nidrām looked for other ways to harass Khongjomba. One day, Khongjomba was wandering around the [[Loktak Lake]] on the day the ladies of [[Moirang]] were to take part in a large [[fishing]] event. It was the custom of that time that men were not allowed near the lake on this special day. As Khongjomba broke the rules, he was caught beaten by Nidrām and his men. Tonu Laijinglembi ran to King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba to save her son's life. The king remembered that Tonu Laijinglembi was pregnant with his child when she left him. Tonu then revealed the true parentage of her son Khongjomba. King Laijing Ningthou Punsiba surprised aand alarmed. Without delay, he crowned his true son Khongjomba as the sovereign of Moirang, discarding the appointed heir, Nidrām. Later, the two lovers King Ura Naha Khongjomba and Lady Pidonu got married and lived happily ever after.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bormani |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465120/page/n589/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Moirang Shaion |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=2003 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani, Chinga Makha Chanam Pukhri Mapal; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=2003 |location=India |pages=590–632 |language=mni}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ch Manihar |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_History_of_Manipuri_Literature/yiBkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en |title=A History of Manipuri Literature |date=1996 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |others=Original from:the [[University of Michigan]] |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-260-0086-9 |location=India |pages=67, 68 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Boamani Singh |first=Sarangthem |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.310082/page/n1/mode/2up |title=Tonu Laijinglembi |collaboration=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1994 |publisher=Sarangthem Bormani Singh; [[Digital Library of India]] |others=[[Manipur University]] Library, [[Imphal]] |year=1994 |location=India |language=mni }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Akongjamba]] and [[Phouoibi]]
* [[Henjunaha and Lairoulembi]]
* [[Kadeng Thangjahanba and Tonu Laijinglembi]]
* [[Khamba Thoibi|Khamba and Thoibi]]
* [[Khuyol Haoba and Yaithing Konu]]

== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&dq=khongjomba&pg=PA1303 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti |date=1988 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |isbn=978-81-260-1194-0 |location=India |pages=1303 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gill |first=Preeti |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0moDAAAQBAJ&dq=Pidonu&pg=PT246 |title=The Peripheral Centre: Voices from India's Northeast |date=2014-02-13 |publisher=Zubaan |isbn=978-93-83074-65-5 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Biswajit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9VoqAQAAIAAJ&q=khongjomba |title=Contemporary Theatre: East & North-East |date=2008 |publisher=Raj Publications |isbn=978-81-86208-59-5 |language=en}}

== Notes ==
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