Sinja Valley : Things To Know Before You Visit
Sinja Valley
Sinja Valley : Mugu Rara Lake is reached through Sinja under Gamgadhi road section. Rinja is also a must-miss destination for tourists visiting Sinja Civilization. Sinja, the new destination of the government, is also the birthplace of the Nepali Khas language and Khas civilization.
King Jalandhar established the kingdom of Sinja in 1455 BS. As King Jalandhar is a devotee of Shiva, it is believed that he added the first letter of Shiva ‘Shi’ and the first letter of his name ‘Ja’ to the name Sinja. The goddess worshiped even today in Sinja is said to have been inhabited by ‘Queen Brinda of Jalandhar’. In the Puranas, Vrinda is portrayed as a widow and an ascetic woman.
The name of this Vrinda is pronounced as ‘Binnaini’ in Khas language. King Nagraj of Khas and his successors ruled the city of Sinja for about 300 years. During that period, the Sinja region has a history of developing not only the capital, but also a popular civilization. It is these Khas kings who invaded the Nepal Valley more than twice in the east and formed the Karat kingdom and merged all the kingdoms up to Kamau Gadwal in the west within their empire.
Although the country has gone through different periods, Sinja’s leadership has been neglected. In the past, the famous anthropologist Dorbahadur Visht, Dr. Hark Gurung and Satya Mohan Joshi, the man of the century, wrote about the life of the people of Karnali. Ratnakar Devkota is a name that should not be missed.
The list also includes Shaubhagya Shah. Now Dr. Karnali and Sinja civilization. Dipendra Rokaya and Dr. Kal Bahadur Rokaya is also writing.The Sinja civilization has a long chain of development. The Brahmins, who had access to the social system, the high position of the Brahmins and the Sinja civilization, had received land donations or graces from the state.
They did not pay state taxes. There is a history of Brahmins working as advisors, ambassadors, religious officials, judges and administrative staff in the state. Sinja, the state capital, is an important place in itself. Scholars have written that Khas Brahmins, Chhetri, Thakuri, Kami, Damai, Sunar, Sarki and Sannyasi of Karnali region are considered as Masto and are nature worshipers who are more ancient than the deities believed by Brahmins and Chhetri of Tarai.
From this it can be said that the Khas of Karnali are tribals. Dhanlal Hamal, 81, of Hadsinja, a beautiful village in Kanka, then the capital of the Khas state, expressed concern over the disappearance of the Sinja civilization. Not only Hamal, but also Bhairav Bohora, 45, of Sinja Simpati is worried that the Sinja civilization is in crisis. Only the ruins of the Great Palace are found here. The state has not been able to focus on its protection.
‘उहिले मेरा दिन थिया र खिर खा भन्या खाइन, अहिले मेरा दिन गया र मैको पानी पाइन (My days were better then, I didn’t eat more than kheer, now my days are gone, I haven’t even got mohi). ‘ Vasudev Upadhyaya of Sinja Ludku-9, a researcher of Sinja civilization, complains similarly. “We need to protect, promote and safeguard the Sinja civilization ourselves. When the Sinja state was powerful, we did not develop as expected,” he said.
“Who will develop here now?” He says the government does not want to hear about the origin of the Khas language.
Dictionary of ‘Khasiya Akhar’
Sinja, the main center of Karnali, is the birthplace of the Nepali Khas language. The Khas language that started from here is now being spoken as a Nepali language. In Karnali region including Jumla, old people speak Khas language. The Khas language is not attractive to the younger generation.
Khas language is also spoken in different styles in different places in Jumla.The Sinja Dara of Jumla, which has four Daras, speaks the Khas language spoken during the Khas Empire. It is spoken in a slightly different style in places where Brahmins, Chhetri and others are in the majority.
There are some sophisticated Khas languages in the vicinity of Asi Dara, the current headquarters, while the Khas language is influenced by Tibetan and Bhote languages at twenty-four Dara. Ramananda Acharya, a cultural expert and Khas language scholar, says that Sinja was called the place of origin as the first developed form of Nepali language of that time was found in copperplate, gold leaf and inscription issued by Sinja at that time.
He has been writing ‘Khasiya Akhar’ dictionary for over a decade. Acharya is the only one who knows about the culture of Jumla. He started writing Khas language dictionary with the help of the then District Development Committee Jumla. Acharya says that he went to Dailekh, Bajura, Mugu, Humla, Dolpa and Kalikot of Karnali and collected words spoken earlier. According to him, 10,000 words will be stored in the dictionary.
He said that the dictionary is being typed now.But now, due to the government’s indifference, the Sinja civilization is in crisis. Inscriptions, historical sites, Pandava caves, Virat Durbar, beautiful temples of Kanka and various stone carvings are missing. Only his remains are found. The state has not been able to focus on conservation.
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