Pashupatinath Temple Kathmandu Day Tour 

Pashupatinath is the largest and the very first name of the Lord shiva among one thousand eight others.Being a very believable god of hindu religion thousand of devotees every day visit to the Pashupatinath to worship.The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath and is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley, the capital of Nepal. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu.
This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Site list Since 1979.This “extensive Hindu temple” is a “sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river” and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. This main temple is built in the Nepalese pagoda style.
All the features of pagoda style are founded here like cubic constructions, beautifully carved wooden crafts on which they rest (tundal). The two level roofs are of copper with gold plated. The temple resides on a square base platform with a height of 23m 7 cm from base to pinnacle. The unique feature of this temple is that only four priests can touch the idol. Daily rituals of Pashupatinath are carried out by two sets of priests; one being  Bhatt priests and other Bhandari. Bhatta or Bhatt are the one who performs the daily ritual and can touch the lingam, whereas Bhandaris are the helper and temple caretaker priests who are not qualified to perform pooja rituals or to touch the deity.

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