The Pashupatinath Templeis a well known, sacrosanct Hindu sanctuary committed to Pashupatinath and is situated on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometers north-east of Kathmandu Valley in the eastern piece of Kathmandu,[1] the capital of Nepal. This sanctuary is viewed as one of the sacrosanct sanctuaries of Hindu confidence .The sanctuary fills in as the seat of the national divinity, Lord Pashupatinath.This sanctuary complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites' rundown Since 1979.[2][3] This "broad Hindu sanctuary area" is a "sprawling gathering of sanctuaries, ashrams, pictures and engravings raised throughout the hundreds of years along the banks of the hallowed Bagmati stream" and is incorporated as one of the seven landmark bunches in UNESCO's assignment of Kathmandu Valley as a social legacy site.[4] One of the significant Festivals of the sanctuary is Maha Shivaratri on which day more than 800,000 aficionados visit here.[5]
The twelve Jyotirlinga (in India) are the body and the Jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu (Nepal) is the head over this body.
The sanctuary is one of the 275 Tamil Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the mainland. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana says this Shivalinga as the bestower of all desires.
The sanctuary was raised again in the fifteenth century by Lichhavi King Shupuspa after the past building was devoured by termites.[6] Over time, incalculable further sanctuaries have been raised around this two - storied sanctuary. These incorporate the Vaishnava sanctuary complex with a Ram sanctuary from the fourteenth century and the Guhyeshwari Temple specified in an eleventh century original copy.
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