 According to a Manipuri folklore, a legendary hero Kadeng Thangjahanba of Moirang once captured a gravid sangai from Torbung Lamjao for a gift to his beloved Tonu Laijinglembi during an animal hunting expedition.However, as fate would have it, he found his beloved married to the king on his return.The heartbroken hero released the deer free in the wild of Keibul Lamjao.