Imphal, March 30 -- The Meetei Cheiraoba, Indigenous Manipuri New Year- 2025, marking the ending of the outgoing year with the beginning of a New Year, was celebrated with ritual, gaiety, and traditional grand feasts in every house for the Meitei people who follow "Sanamahism" on Sunday.

Sanamahism is an animistic, ancestor-worshipping religious tradition, with a supreme deity known as 'Sidaba Mapu' or 'Immortal God.'

On the other side, Meitei Hindus mark the beginning of the Sajibu month with the celebration of Sajibu Cheiraoba on April 14.

Sajibu Nongma Panba, also called Meetei Cheiraoba or Sajibu Cheiraoba, is the lunar new year festival of the people who follow the religion of Sanamahism in Manipur.

It began during the reign of K...