PANCHTHAR: Former King Gyanendra Shah has arrived in Phidim, district headquarters of Panchthar, to offer prayers at Sumhatlung temple, on Monday.

The former monarch will meet locals including royalist political groups before offering prayers at the local Sumhatlung temple in the district tomorrow, the organisers said.

Shah was welcomed by a mass of cadres affiliated to royalist political groups, and Hindu right-wing party upon his arrival in the district.

The former king was touring the Tarai districts and offering prayers at various temples before embarking to Panchthar, a hilly district in eastern Nepal.