Mahashivaratri Celebrated at Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple
Religion • March 2008 • Views: 348
The Mahashivaratri festival is celebrated every year on the 14th day in the Krishna Paksha of the month of Falgun in the Hindu Calendar.
The most significant practices on this day are offerings of Bael (Bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva, fasting and all night long vigil.
Meanwhile, there is long queue of devotees in Pashupatinath temple of the capital, stretching to more than a kilometer.
The PADT said that nearly 350,000 devotees and about 3,000 sadhus is expected to visit Pashupatinath temple this year.