Daimalu
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Jwhwlao Daimalu (sometimes spelled Dwimalu) is considered a hero of the ancient golden period of the Bodos. Today, he is remembered as the cause of the Bodo people's tragedy because it is believed that he had cursed the Bodos for the deeds of some people who had betrayed him. A statue of Jwhwlao Daimalu carrying his bow and arrows can be seen pointing his hand to the sky near the national highway of India in the Kharigao village of Kokrajhar District
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Jwhwlao Daimalu was a senior official during the reign of King Iragdao. It is said that the brave Daimalu along with his troops had defeated the King of Burma and had brought white elephants as souvenirs of victory.
[edit] The Curse
It is believed that once God had appeared in Daimalu's dream. The God offered Jwhwlao supernatural powers to choose from. Given a choice of five fingers Jwhwlao had grabbed all the five. The consequence of this was that Daimalu got all the powers in the five fingers but God cursed him that since he was so greedy he will be betrayed by his kin. Daimalu had become very powerful as time passed on. The colleagues of Daimalu became jealous of his bravery and power: he could fight and defeat two elephants at the same time. So, the colleagues somehow made the king go against Daimalu and Jwhwlao was put to prison. But no one could kill him because of the blessings of God. Then the officials brought Daimalu's stepmother to meet him and they somehow managed to turn her against him. She was able to find out that Daimalu could be killed only if they poured molten lead ("sheha" in Bodo) into his ears. Thus the officials were able to kill Daimalu. But just before his death, Daimalu cursed that the Bodos will never prosper!
