PADT

The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has scrapped the contract of parking space lease inside the Pashupati area.

The Pashupati Area Development Trust bid farewell to Shankaracharya Nishchalananda Saraswati from the Govardhan Math in Jagannathpur in India who arrived at the Pashupatinath Temple to observe the Mahashivarati Festival.

On the occasion of the Mahashivratri festival, all four doors of the Pashupatinath temple are open from 3 am early today.

Many Nepali Hindus are observing the Mahashivaratri festival by offering prayer to and worshiping Lord Shiva today, on Fagun Krishna Chaturdashi (the fourth day of the waning moon in the month of Phagun), as per the lunar calendar.

Govardhan Math will inaugurate the Adya Shankaracharya Temple in front of the Pashupatinath Temple.

Preparations are underway to table a master plan on the development of the Pashupati Area as an international pilgrim site.

Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand went to the Pashupatinath Temple and worshipped Lord Shiva on the occasion of Mahashivaratri today.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has made a sacramental resolution regarding the materials to be distributed to the sadhus and ascetics coming to Pashupatinath for homage on the occasion of the Maha Shivaratri festival.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale, has directed concerned bodies to manage flower sellers shops at Pashupati area.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said the agreement of operating Nepal Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharmashala was withdrawn through a ministerial level decision.