PADT announces route for Pashupatinath worship on Mahashivaratri

Kathmandu, Feb. 7: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has made public the routes to be taken by the devotees who want to pay homage to Lord Pashupatinath during the Mahashivaratri festival on February 13. 

In order to facilitate the devotees and other visitors, the PADT has arranged parking at various locations around the Pashupati area and set the entry points at Tilganga, Gaushala, Gaurighat and Mitrapark. 

Devotees visiting the temple on Shivaratri Day from the airport and Gaushala should reach the southern door (Dakshin Dhoka) of the temple through Pinglasthan – Sumargi Bhavan – Char Shivalaya Panchadeval.

People visiting the temple from Guheshwori side should follow the Gaurighat – Umakunda – Dakshinamurti – Rudragadeshwor – Basukinath – Uttar (north) Dhoka route. 

Similarly, the route for the devotees from Chabahil and Mitrapark is Jaya Bageshwori- Bhuwaneshwori – a small police gate besides the Paschim (west) door. 

The PADT said that the devotees visiting the temple on Mahashivaratri should follow the same route while exiting. 

Regular devotees should enter the temple from the small police door beside the west main door.

Devotees having special passes for worship can enter the temple through the East Door, following the Tilganga – Pinglasthan – Rammandir route. 

Likewise, devotees and foreign tourists can park their vehicles at Tilganga, staff of the Festival Management Committee at Dev Uddhan/Bhandarkhal, security agencies and government officials with passes at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala, vehicles with passes and local people on the Sifal ground, and visitors arriving from Gothatar, Mulpani and Bouddha areas should park their vehicles across the Guheshwori Temple. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 8 February 2018.