Generally , Banai 's birth is not discussed in the folk songs . Few regard her as an avatar of the apsara ( celestial nymph ) Rambha , while others consider her as one of the seven daughters of Indra , the king of the gods . She is found by a Dhangar in a golden box in the forest , hidden in a termite mound or a pit . Her Dhangar father ( sometimes named Yamu ) is the chief of shepherds , who own nine lakh sheep and goats , nine lakh lambs and numerous barren ones . Yamu is said to have prayed for a child and find Banai in a box . A virgin ewe is said to have fed Banai her milk , as Yamu do not have a wife and do not know how to feed the infant . In another miracle , a three @-@ storeyed house appear at the place of Yamu 's tent for the young Banai to reside , while the rest of the Dhangars live in tents . She grow up as a rich shepherdess and become the overseer of twelve Dhangar vadas ( pastoral settlements or camps , inhabited by different Dhangar clans ) . She care for her sheep , graze them and learn how to breed them .