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and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale has said the agreement of operating Nepal Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharmashala was withdrawn through a ministerial level decision.
