What is Loktak Ima?
Loktak Ima ('Mother Loktak') or Loktak Lairembi ('Goddess of Loktak') is a goddess of the [[Loktak lake]]. She is worshipped by the [[Meitei people]]. Meiteis think she is their mother. She is highly respected by the Meitei [[fishermen]] of the Loktak areas.<ref>–{{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Nalini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AtBEAAAQBAJ&dq=Loktak+Ima&pg=PT105 |title=Gods, Giants and the Geography of India |date=2021-09-03 |publisher=[[Hachette India]] |isbn=978-93-91028-27-5 |pages=105 |language=en}}<br />–{{Cite web |last=McKechnie |first=Ben |title=The world's only floating national park |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20180411-the-worlds-only-floating-national-park |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en |quote=Just as India's Hindu community views the River Ganges as a living mother goddess, the Meitei see Loktak Lake as their 'mother' – a provider of life for all.}}<br />–{{Cite web |script-title=bn:থাঙ্গ করাংগী ফুমশগুদা অহীং অমা |url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/12.06.2022-B4.pdf |website=hueiyenlanpao.com |language=mni}}<br />–{{Cite web |title=A Bend in the Road |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tKYEAAAQBAJ&q=Ema+Loktak&pg=PA90 |website=Notion Press |page=85, 90, 91, 93, 95}}<br />–{{Cite news |last=Mohanty |first=Trishna |date=2020-02-08 |title=Manipur's Loktak lake chokes from a catastrophic project flagged off 50 years ago |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/manipurs-loktak-lake-chokes-from-a-catastrophic-project-flagged-off-50-years-ago/article30759633.ece |access-date=2023-03-20 |issn=0971-751X |quote=Loktak is not just a lake. For Manipuris she is Loktak Lairembi (Goddess Loktak), and for the several thousands of fishermen who depend on her for their livelihood, she is ema (mother). And although she is the fountainhead of Manipuri culture, her own identity has been in a state of flux for decades.}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Meitei go