Nepali Hindu devotees on Friday continued to throng the Pashupatinath Temple in the capital Kathmandu, observing the great festival of Maha Shivaratri.
Priests at the fifth-century Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal are embracing technological reformations by making the internet and mobile phones an integral part of their devotional teachings.
Braving the winter chill, the devotees, observing the month-long arduous 'Swasthani Brata' (fast), performed rituals at the embankments of the Bagmati River as part of their first 'Pardes Yatra' on Friday.
Tarpaulins cover the premises of Pashupatinath Temple including the embankments of Bagmati River as devotees camp up to stay awake throughout the night lighting oil-fed lamps and praying for the salvation of departed souls on the festival of Bala Chaturdashi.
The month of Sawan is considered to be sacred by Hindu devotees and is dedicated to Lord Shiva where the females keep fast adorning green, yellow and red bangles and beads.
Speaking during the special time of the parliamentary meeting on Monday, Nepali Congress lawmaker Pradip Paudel demanded a parliamentary probe into the case after the anti-graft agency weighed the golden base of Shiva Ling made of gold in the year 2021.
The move by the anti-graft body comes after claims of corruption in the use of gold in the temple's Jalahari which was carried out during the Prime Ministership of opposition leader KP Sharma Oli.
The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) was obstructed by the opposition over an allegation of corruption against the then Prime Minister and party chair- KP Sharma Oli. The Oli-led government had decided to install a new "Jalahari", the base of Shiva Linga inside the Pashupatinath
Falgun Krishna Chaturdashi-the fourth day of the waning moon in the month of Falgun is observed as Mahashivaratri as per the lunar calendar. Thousands of devotees thronged the Hindu Pilgrim site Pashupatinath in the Kathmandu.
Structures have been painted white with paints added onto the walls and sanitation taken care of, the Pashupatinath Temple is brimming round the clock.