KATHMANDU, MARCH 8
President Ramchandra Paudel performed Pooja at Pashupatinath Temple on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri today.
The main priest of Pashupatinath presented 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, high-ranking officials from the Guthi Sansthan, and others welcomed the President at the Pashupatinath Temple premises.
As per tradition, the Head of the State offers pooja at Pashupatinath every year on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri.
Currently, thousands of devotees have queued up to pay homage to Lord Shiva at Pashupatinath. So far, 430,000 devotees have paid obeisance to Pashupatinath.
All four doors of the Pashupatinath temple have remained open since 2:00 am for the convenience of pilgrims, PADT Spokesperson Rewati Raman Adhikari said.
The PADT shared that around 4,000 security personnel and an equal number of volunteers have been deployed for the management of the Maha Shivaratri festival.
