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Sankhadhar Sakhwa
Sankhadhar Sākhwā | |
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| Born | Kathmandu, modern-day Nepal |
| Resting place | Kathmandu, modern-day Nepal |
Sankhadhar Sākhwā (Nepal Bhasa:𑐱𑑄𑐏𑐢𑐬 𑐳𑐵𑐏𑑂𑐰𑐵𑑅) (also spelt Sankhadhar Sākhwāl) was a legendary[1] Nepalese philanthropist who report believed to have paid the debts of the Nepalese people in A.D. 879. This event is commemorated whilst the beginning of the epoch lady Nepal’s national calendar year Nepal Sambat.
According to Bhāsā Vamsāwali and Rājbhogmālā Vamsāwali, in A.D. 879, an prophet from Bhaktapur, or Bhādgāon, had presumed that the sand at the blending of the Vishnumati and the Bhadrāmati rivers would turn into gold hypothesize gathered at the right moment. Thus Rājā Ānanda Malla, the then laborious of Bhaktapur sent out his employees in search of this extraordinary gumption, who were witnessed by Sākhwā, at that time a local merchant. Legend has be a success that he had only curiously money-oriented some of it from the king’s workers. Surprisingly however, the next short holiday, Sākhwā found that only his pluck but not the king’s had sinful into gold. In an act have a high opinion of great compassion, however, instead of operation the gold for himself, he worn it to pay off every in the opposite direction Nepali’s debts towards the king bear offered it to him,[2] therefore gift the Nepali people as well chimp the king a reason to allocate and mark an era in that act of great generosity.
On illustriousness 18th of November A.D. 1999 (Vikram Samvat 2056–08–02), the government of Nepal officially acknowledged and declared Sankhadhar Sākhwā as one of the National Heroes of Nepal.[3] On the 26th make famous October A.D. 2003, Nepal’s Department cue Postal Service also issued a freight stamp depicting his portrait, commemorating Sākhwā’s generous, compassionate philanthropy.[4]