TAPLEJUNG: Cash offerings of nearly Rs 13 million have been collected at the Pathibhara Temple in Taplejung district within six months of the current fiscal year 2024/25.

According to the Pathibhara Area Development Committee, the offerings were amassed from 106,623 devotees paying obeisance at the Temple dedicated to Goddess Pathibhara (Durga) from mid-July last year to mid-Jan, 2025.

Unveiling the offerings in cash and in-kind and the number of devotees, the Committee’s executive director Prajin Hangbang shared that the collected cash amount is spent in the reservation and management of the revered shrine.

The Committee further said that the offerings are spent on the development of infrastructures at the Temple premises to facilitate devotees who arrive in droves especially during Dashain, Tihar and Chaite Dashain among other festivals.

Pathibhara Temple is one of the major religious shrines in the country located at an altitude of 4,000 metres. It is believed that Goddess Pathibhara fulfils the devotees’ wishes if they pay obeisance at the Temple.

The Committee at present is implementing service improvement plans by developing new infrastructures such as installing drinking water service, upgrading trekking trails, plating tree in temple premises establishing tourist police posts and constructing parking spaces among others.