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The Meitei people, also known as Meetei, [12] Manipuri people, [1] are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group native to the Indian State of Manipur. They form the largest and dominant ethnic group of Manipur in Northeast India .
The Meitei people represent around 53% of the population of Manipur state, followed by various Naga tribes at 20% and Kuki-Zo tribes at 16%. [16] Manipur's ethnic groups practice a variety of religions. [17] According to 2011 census, Hinduism and Christianity are the major religions of the state. [17]
Hinduism is practiced mostly among the Meitei people (also known as Manipuris), who are the predominant ethnic group of Manipur. [2] Whilst the proportion of Manipur's population that practices Hinduism is roughly 41%, in the Manipur valley region Hindus constitute as much as 67-74% of the population. [3]
According to the 2011 census of India, 222,422 people in India follow Sanamahism. The vast majority of them (222,315 people) are in the state of Manipur. [1] Sanamahism followers make up 14.6 percent of all the Meitei people. Others that profess to follow Hindusm, also follow many Sanamahi religious traditions and rituals.
Sanamahism is the indigenous religion of the Meitei people. It originated in the Kingdom of Kangleipak, and is still practiced in modern Manipur, India, distinct from both the Indosphere and the Sinosphere. Sanamahism is a polytheistic religion with thousands of gods and goddesses of varying power, quality, features, and character.
Though there were earlier Brahmin settlements in Medieval Manipur, the entire Meitei ethnicity remains to be ethno-religious to Sanamahism until the great historical event of the Puya Mei Thaba took place during the reign of Pamheiba, the then Emperor of Manipur Kingdom, after which the entire kingdom was declared Hindu . [1] [2] [3] [4]
The term was used during the Meitei revivalism movement to promote the ethnic religion of the Meitei people explicitly. [6] In every Meitei household, there is a sacred abode of God Sanamahi, called the Sanamahi Kachin. [3] It is an analogous term to Koshinto being used as a term for primitive Shinto in contrast with the current established ...
The Kom tribes have Karong, Serto, Leivon , Mangte and Tellien clans etc. They are mainly found in Manipur of North-East India. [2] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. [3] According to the 2001 Census of India, the population of Kom people is 14,602. [4]