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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Loitongba<br />
| full name = Meidingu Loitongba<br />
| title = Meitei Ningthou<br />
| image = "Loitongba", a ruler of the Manipur Kingdom, in Meitei Mayek.jpg<br />
| reign-type = [[Monarchy]]<br />
| caption = "Loitongba" in Meitei Mayek.<br />
| reign = 1122 CE - 1149 CE<br />
| coronation = 1122 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Loiyumba]]<br />
| successor = [[Atom Yoiremba]]<br />
| house = [[Ningthouja dynasty]]<br />
| house-type = <br />
| father = [[Loiyumba]]<br />
| mother = Sum-Leima<br />
| issue = [[Atom Yoiremba]], [[Hemtou Iwanthaba]]<br />
| occupation = Monarch of [[Kangleipak Kingdom]]<br />
| religion = [[Sanamahism]]<br />
| era name = [[Medieval Manipur]]<br />
| era dates = 1122 CE – 1149 CE (2220 [[Meitei calendar|MF]] – 2247 [[Meitei calendar|MF]])<br />
}}<br />
'''Meidingu Loitongba''' ({{Langx|omp|Meitingu Loitongpa}}) was a Meitei king of the [[Ningthouja dynasty]] of [[Medieval Manipur]] from 1122 CE to 1149 CE.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmZuAAAAMAAJ&q=1149|title=Genesis of Indian Tribes: An Approach to the History of Meiteis and Thais|last=Tensuba|first=Keerti Chand|date=1993|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0308-7|language=en}}</ref> He succeeded his father [[Loiyumba]] in 1122 CE.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZF9uAAAAMAAJ&q=Loitongba|title=A Short History of Manipur|last=Singh|first=R. K. Jhalajit|date=1992|publisher=R.K. Jhalajit Singh|language=en}}</ref> He was inside his mother's womb when his father ascended the throne in 1073 CE.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He is also a player of Meitei traditional games and is often called a religious lover of the game [[Kang Sannaba]]. Other sources say that he is the one who invented the game,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GP9_AAAAMAAJ&q=Kang+Loitongba|title=Manipur, a Tourist Paradise|last=Singh|first=E. Ishwarjit|date=2005|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7646-506-9|language=en}}</ref> while others say that he was a talented player who popularised the game at his period.<ref name="kangsanaba2">[https://themanipurpage.tripod.com/history/puwarimeitei.html The Manipur Page: Traditional Games and Culture]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=LAIBA|first=DR MANGANCHA THOUDAM|date=2021-02-06|title=What Meitei Myths and Legends say of Lainingthou Thangching Koylellai the Reigning Deity of the Thangching Ranges » Imphal Review of Arts and Politics|url=https://imphalreviews.in/what-meitei-myths-and-legends-say-of-lainingthou-thangching-koylellai-the-reigning-deity-of-the-thangching-ranges/|access-date=2025-05-19|website=imphalreviews.in|language=en-GB}}</ref><br />
[[File:ꯀꯥꯡ ꯁꯥꯟꯅꯄ.jpg|link=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A1%20%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%84.jpg|thumb|310x310px|Kang Sannaba]]<br />
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