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Nongda Lairen Pakhangba
Nongda Lairen Pakhangba is the first king of Manipur in the royal chronicle, the Cheitharol Kumbaba, which dates his accession to 33 CE. He is regarded as founder of the Ningthouja dynasty and of the Meitei state centred on Kangla in the Imphal valley. In Meitei religion he is also identified with the deity Pakhangba, often shown as a serpent-dragon.
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