What is Imung Lai?
{{See also|Umang Lai|Lam Lai}} An '''Imung Lai''' or '''Emung Lai''' is any god or goddess worshipped inside the household of the mankind in [[Meitei folklore]] and [[Meitei religion|religion]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Devi| first = Lairenlakpam Bino| title = The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tIBymmBWqgsC&pg=PA46| year = 2002| publisher = Mittal Publications| isbn = 978-81-7099-849-5| page = 46 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| author = Sarat Chandra Roy (Rai Bahadur| title = Man in India| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BdIiAQAAMAAJ| year = 1981| publisher = A.K. Bose| isbn = }}</ref> The Imung Lais are the protectors and caretakers of the people.<ref>{{cite book| title = The Anthropologist: International Journal of Contemporary and Applied Studies of Man| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uJUOAQAAMAAJ| year = 2003| publisher = Kamla-Raj Enterprises| isbn = }}</ref> People perform different rites and rituals to worship the deities.<ref>{{cite book| last = Mahapatra| first = Mary D.| title = Tribal Religion and Rituals: Accounts of Superstition, Sorcery and Spirits| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yi_XAAAAMAAJ| year = 2001| publisher = Dominant Publishing.| isbn = 978-81-87336-69-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Banerji| first = Projesh| title = Dance of India| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5L4KAQAAIAAJ| year = 1956| publisher = Kitabistan| isbn = }}</ref> The main deities include [[Sanamahi]] and [[Leimarel Sidabi|Leimarel]].<ref>{{cite book| last = Hodson| first = Thomas Callan| title = The Meitheis| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DJlJAAAAMAAJ| year = 1908| publisher = D. Nutt| isbn = 978-81-7536-149-2 }}</ref> {{Infobox deity|type=Meitei|name=Imung Lai|deity_of=Deities of house and household|member_of=[[Meitei deities]]|other_names=Emung Lai|affiliation=[[Meitei religion]] ([[Sanamahism]])|abodes=House and household|region=[[India]] ([[Manipur]], [[Assam]] and [[Tripura]]), [[Bangladesh]] and [[Myanmar]]|ethn