The Pashupatinath temple in the east of Kathmandu has been a religious site for both Hindus and Buddhists for maybe over 2000 years. Daily thousends of pilgrims visit Pashupatinath, with a top day on Maha Shivaratri when hunderds of thousends of pilgrims come to pay their tribute to Shiva. The Pashupatinath temple complex is one of the Unesco world heritage sites of the Kathmandu Valley.
Alarmed by ‘continuing dilapidation’ of Pashupatinath Temple and claims that the temple is ‘on the verge of collapse’, the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has kick-started a process to renovate the world heritage site in two phases.
KATHMANDU: For the third time this year, the hallowed shrine of Pashupatinath, revered by billions of Hindus worldwide, has come under dispute with the new row over the Maha Shivaratri festival scheduled March 2.
Siddhashrama ?
Siddhashrama is mentioned in several ancient texts. For example in the story about Shiva and Parvati living in the Shlesmantaka forrest, which lies in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. But it is also mentioned several times in Valmiki Ramayana and text about Sai Baba tell us that Siddhashrama is within every person is a spiritual concept.
This story tells the myth of the Pashupatinath temple and explains how Shiva and Parvati ended up in the Shlesmantaka forrest (Kathmandu Valley in Nepal) and setteld there as deers.
Maha Shivasratri (night of Shiva) is a yearly hindu festival that will take place on the 2nd of march in 2011. It's celebrated all over Nepal but the main place to be is at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu
