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Sindh also have fame of being
the land of seven historic and tragic romances and one
among these is of the Soomro ruler Raja Chanesar [King of
Dewal- Sindh] & his queen Lila, the story is also
mentioned in the " Shah Jo Risalo" [written by Shah Abdul
Latif] said to be mirror of Sindhi literature. Lila was
very fond of precious stones, Diamonds and Jewelry, both
the king and queen were enjoying a peaceful and lovely
married life.
In the near by area of Ktuchh Rana Khanghar was ruling
Lakhpat, he had only one daughter named "Kaunru", the love
and affection she attracts due to being the only daughter
of Rana, and the physical beauty she have, made her
proudly and some what arrogant . Kaunru was engaged with
Utmadi. One day Jammi, sister of Utmadi, who was also
friend of Kaunru, teased kaunru about her beauty with
words " Why you are so proud of your beauty, if you are so
beautiful, why not you are the queen of King Chanesar?" .
These words proved much hurting for the Kaunru and she
decided either to marry with Chanesar or commit suicide.
When the parents, specially mother Mirkhi came to know
about this, they tried to give lessons of understanding to
her, as both of them were aware of the love and commitment
of chanesar towards Lila. All their effort yielded no
positive result as Kaunru refused to change her decision.
A long discussion and consultation took place between
father Rana Khanghar and Mother Mirkhi and finally Kaunru
and Mirkhi set off for Dewal Sindh. Both of them were
disguised as traders and succeeded in generating contacts
with Jakhiro, the minister of Chanesar, who promised to
help by puting a word about the beauty of Kaunru before
the king. History says Chanesar become much angry and
instruct Jakhiro not to talk on this topic again just
because he loves Lila so much that in presence of her
can't think even of a lady from Heaven [Apsara from the
darbar of Indira]. this was a disheartening news for the
mother and daughter but Kaunru was determined so she tried
another trap. She asked her mother to dress up like the
ordinary people and went to Palace of Lila. Both of them
requested the queen for grating a chance to serve her and
King as poverty forced them to leave their country. Lila
become impressed with story so she appointed them as her
personal servants and ask Kanuru to take care of Bed room
of King.
With the passing of time mother was losing hope but Kanuru
was keeping her patience and waiting for the day of her
success. One day in the evening Kanuru was preparing the
bed for the king, all of sudden she remembered the
comforts she and her mother were having at their Palace,
her eyes were filled with tears considering the hard life,
which her mother is having only due to her. Lila, who was
there but unnoticed by Kanuru saw all this and asked for
the reason of tears. Kanuru was very intelligent so she
decided to take this opportunity as one move towards her
aim. She told Lila that at one time she was a princes and
was used to enjoy all the comforts and luxurious life
which Lila have, the only difference was that she was
habituate to use a "Navlakha Har" [a necklace priced 9
lakh buck] which she still have as the memory of those
golden days of her life. |