President offers Pooja at Pashupatinath; Over 400 thousand devotees worship Pashupatinath

Kathmandu / March 8: President Ramchandra Paudel offered Pooja at Pashupatinath Temple on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri today.

The main priest of Pashupatinath provided flowers and Prasad to the President.

Earlier, Chairman of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Hit Bahadur Tamang, Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Dipak Kafle, PADT Member-Secretary Raju Kumar Khatri, chiefs of local levels, the high-ranking officials from the Guthi Sansthan and others had welcomed the President at the Pashupatinath Temple premises.

As per the tradition, the Head of the State offers Pooja at Pashupatinath every year on the occasion of the Maha Shivaratri.

Currently, thousands of devotees have queued up to pay homage to the Lord Shiva at Pashupatinath. So far, 430,000 devotees have paid obeisance to Pashupatinath.

All four doors of Pashupatinath temple have remained open since 2:00 am for the convenience of the pilgrims, PADT Spokesperson Rewati Raman Adhikari said.

The PADT shared that around 4,000 security personnel and equal number of volunteers have been deployed for the management of the Maha Shivaratri festival.

Over 400 thousand devotees worship Pashupatinath

More than four hundred thousand devotees have paid homage to Pashupatinath today on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.

People have gathered in and around Pashupatinath temple premises since 2:00 am early today, a Spokesperson at the Pashupati Area Development Trust, Rewati Raman Adhikari said. So far, more than four hundred thousand devotees have paid obeisance to Pashupatinath. The crowd of the people is now increasing as compared to the morning.

With the increasing number of devotees, it has become challenging for security personnel to manage the fair. All four doors of Pashupatinath temple remain open since 2:00 am for the convenience of the pilgrims.

The PADT expects that at least two million devotees will visit Pashupatinath temple today. RSS