Licha Ba is a folktale of a folk God in disguise of a common man. It is believed that he roams the mountains even today and no one actually knows who he is or about his real appearance.
One of the versions of this folktale narrates that two orphan sisters who were very poor and did not have any agricultural land lived alone on the outskirts of a village. They did not have enough to eat or fend for themselves.
One day a weary traveller came to rest for the night in that same village but no one provided him a shelter. Finally, he arrived at the doorstep of the two girls who took him in but had no idea how to feed their guest. The man was a nomad and he would be happy with whatever little was offered to him by the dwellers. However, the girls apologized to the man saying that they had no food to offer him or eat themselves. Listening to their plight, the man scratched his head from where a grain of rice fell. He asked the girls to cook that grain of rice and after cooking she found a pot full of rice. Then the man scratched his knee and a piece of meat fell. Again, the girl was told to cook the piece of meat and the pot once again filled up with meat. Then he asked the girls if they had any land or any garden and they led him to their tiny kitchen garden where almost nothing grew. The man sowed paddy in their kitchen garden and told them that they could go on harvesting as much as they wanted. Once they have harvested enough, they can cut the belt of their bamboo basket used for harvest which will stop the production. Once they had filled their house with enough rice, they cut the belt of the basket as was advised by the unknown traveller. This man was actually Licha Ba whose blessings changed the lives of these two girls.