Historical PeriodEra
Varies by tradition
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Deities
Ka Lei Synshar — Khasi clan-mother
Ka Lei Synshar — the Khasi clan-founder-mother
Ka Lei Synshar — the Khasi clan-founder-mother
Niam Khasi / Khasi
The Nongkrem Clan of the Khasi matrilineal society venerates Ka Lei Synshar as the founding-mother of the clan. Her shrine at Smit village hosts the annual Ka Pomblang Nongkrem (October) — a 5-day festival where virgin girls dance the Ka Shad Kynthei and young men dance the Ka Shad Mastieh. The reigning Khasi king (Syiem) leads the goat-sacrifice. This is a rare surviving Khasi indigenous-religion festival in a heavily-Christianized state.
India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Niam Khasi on its own terms.
