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Silver Coins To Mark Nepal Samvat New Year
By KTM Metro Reporter
November 2, 2012: on the occasion of the Nepal Samvat New Year 1133, the Bhintuna Guthi has brought out silver coins with the Nepal Samvat on one side and the bust of Prem Bahadur Kasa on another. Kasa had contributed to the preservation and development of Nepal Bhasa in other words Nevah Bhaya. He had donated several hundreds of books and a house to set up a Nepal Bhasa library that has been a centerpiece for anybody doing research in the Nevah culture.
Such silver coins have gone on sale yesterday. It weighs 15 gm, and costs Rs 1,800 (one thousand eight hundred) per piece. President of Nepal Bhasa Manka Khala Padma Ratna Tuladhar has placed the coins on sale at a function held in Kathmandu yesterday. The Guthi has set the tradition of bringing out such silver coins every year on the occasion of the Nepal Samvat New Year since the Nepal Samvat year 1125, writes RSS/thehimalayantimes.com
Shankadhar Sakhwa had set up the Nepal Samvat replacing the then prevailing calendar. Sakhwa paid off debts of all citizens, and set up a new calendar in the name of Nepal with the consent of the then monarch. The calendar is unique in the sense that a civilian had set up rather than a monarch, and the name of the calendar is of the country rather than of any ruler.
This calendar follows the lunar system. So, every three year, this calendar has one additional month. Consequently, almost all Nepalese religious events and festivals become one month late every three-year. Nobody holds any religious or social event in the additional month. So, the additional month is the religious-and-social-event free month. Most of Nepalis follow this calendar to hold religious and social events.
