Surel museum constructed

By Our Correspondent Charikot, July 19: A museum dedicated to endangered Surel caste group has been established in Suri, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality-5, in the initiative of the Surel Sewa Samaj.

Subash Surel, president of the Samaj, informed that the museum has been established to preserve the Surel language, culture and costumes which are nearly extinct.

Surel told The Rising Nepal that the museum was constructed on a plot of land purchased at a cost of Rs. 500,000. Similarly, the provincial and local governments also provided Rs. 2.5 million and Rs. 2 million respectively for the construction of the museum, he informed. 

“That money helped build the museum building but was not sufficient to carry out the finishing works,” Surel said, adding that the Samaj had requested the rural municipality for additional funds.

The building has two storeys and once everything is complete, the Samaj hopes to use the ground floor to display items related to Surel identity and the first floor as a conference hall. 

The Language Commission has also carried out a study of the Surel language, culture and history and aims to document it in the form of a book.

There are only 218 Surel individuals in the entire country.