Nepal is the center of the world for Hinduism and Buddhism. Hindus all over the world want to visit Pashupatinath once in their lifetime. Similarly, Buddhists around the world want to visit the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. According to the ‘Tourism Statistics of Nepal 2015’ published by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Lumbini is the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha, the pioneer of peace.

In 2015, one lakh 29 thousand 180 people visited Lumbini, while in 2014, one lakh 32 thousand 926 people visited Lumbini. Similarly, about 90,000 tourists have visited Pashupatinath temple in the fiscal year 2072/73 BS. According to the Pashupati Area Development Fund, the highest number of visits was one lakh 66 thousand in the last fiscal year 2071/72 BS.

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Due to the earthquake and blockade, the number of tourist visits has decreased by 53 percent in 2015. Member Secretary of Pashupati Area Development Fund Dr Govinda Tandon says that the number of religious tourists has been increasing recently. Two types of religious tourists (Indian and third country) come to Nepal. According to Tandal, Pashupatinath is believed to be incomplete without visiting Pashupatinath of Nepal even if Indian tourists visit Chardham in India.

Tourists from third countries come to see the living heritage sites, monasteries, temples, etc. of the Pashupati region. On the other hand, Pashupatinath is also seen as important for religious harmony. “Religious tourists come to see the living heritage, various religious activities, and the burning of corpses,” he said.

Tourists from India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, UK, USA, Australia, Canada and other countries come for religious tourism. Tourists from China, Thailand, Japan, Europe and other countries come to see the heritage. According to the Ministry of Tourism, one lakh 43 thousand 887 tourists visited Pashupatinath in 2011, one lakh 39 thousand 885 in 2012 and one lakh 56 thousand 858 in 2013.

Three lakh 84 thousand 321 people have visited the National Parks and Conservation Area. In 2015, five lakh 38 thousand 970 tourists and in 2014, seven lakh 90 thousand 118 tourists came to visit. Tourist traffic has decreased by 32 percent compared to the previous year due to the earthquake and blockade.

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Pashupatinath Aarati After entering the Pashupatinath area, people of all ages become devotees. Devotees throng the area in the morning and evening. Decades ago, as evening fell, the gathering of young people in the Pashupatinath area was getting louder. But did the youth come there to see Shiva or for some other reason? This was a different debate. In the evening, the issue of how to stop the youth and visitors at the Pashupati premises was important .Meanwhile, a group of priests planned to hold an Aarti of Lord Shiva in the evening. It was not difficult to make the visitors happy as there would be hymns, prayers and incense during the Aarti. That Aarti was started 12 years ago by young priests. Today, there are young people, from priests to tabla players and psalmists.Pashupatinath  Aarti .

Young people who come to see Pashupatinath  Aarti

Hundreds of young people flock to Aarti every evening with hope, despair, worries about the future and tangled present. Some reach Pashupati in pairs and some alone. Some come to see Aarti with friends and family. Young Subash Niraula (24) also sometimes takes time to watch Pashupatinath  Aarti. As soon as Pashupati enters the courtyard, his brain becomes empty. When he sat in the evening arti, his mind seemed to heal even more.He says, ‘Every time I come here, I like to ask myself why I was running for it all day. Subas enjoys watching the Aarti of Pashupati’s young priests. Pashupati has been reaching even when he remembers the house where he stayed in Kapan. He seeks peace of mind in the tabla, harmonium and hymns played in Pashupatinath  Aarti.

Psalms to enchant Pashupatinath  Aarti

Another youth Rajan Khatiwada (29) is chanting mantras in Sandhya Aarti. He has a melodious voice that can keep the youth focused on Aarti. Rajan, who has been singing Pashupati’s Aarti for five years, has done Bachelor of Music in Fine Arts Campus. Rajan, who has been singing hymns since childhood, says, ‘Especially mantras are recited in Pashupatinath  Aarti. In which Rudrastra, Stutra, Shiva Tandap, Aarti is sung and the glory of Bholenath is sung. Due to his knowledge of Sanskrit, he has been able to sing all these hymns. He says, “It is necessary to have faith in one’s religion. It is the responsibility of the youth to protect the religion.” The faith of the youth in religion is declining. Rajan is of the opinion that work should be done to awaken him. He also wears pints and t-shirts while singing hymns. Her voice attracts even more young people. When he says ‘Bholenathki Jai’, all the devotees join him. And, the evening Pashupatinath Aartiis just as resonant .Pashupatinath  Aarati

Tabala 

Tabla player Bankates Dhakal is also in Pashupatinath Aarti. The performance of the banquet, which has a master’s in tabla from Bhatkhonde University in India, makes the arti even more audible. To the tune of the tabla he plays, there seems to be a crowd, in Pashupati ,Pashupatinath  Aarti. Those who come to see Aarti dance and sing along to his tabla. Banquets, who took a tabla course in Lucknow, India, for six years, now teaches tabla to undergraduate students.The Banquetes, who now live in Gaurighat, Kavrepalanchok, play the tabla and earn their living. He says that tabla is used in hymns, film music, easy music, classical music, ghazal, jazz, blues, kathak etc. He has been playing tabla in Pashupati again for seven months.Pashupatinath  Aarti .

Modern priests

Bhuvan Chalise (27) wears pants and t-shirts all day long. I like to listen to Hindi and English songs. But her evening routine is different. He comes to Pashupati every evening after completing other work of the day. They open their pants, t-shirts, open them and put them in their bags and put on dhoti, dupatta and bhoto. He takes off his sports shoes and socks and sits barefoot in Aarti.Pashupatinath  Aarti

It is surprising to see Bhuvan, who has been working as an accountant in an office in Pashupati area in the afternoon after completing the morning class of BBS from Madan Bhandari, as a Pandit. He himself considered the form of Pandit Banda as a different incarnation. A young member of Aarti Mandali, he has been performing Aarti in Pashupati for the past five years.Pashupatinath  Aarati .

For Pashupatinath Bagmati Ganga Aarti, incense, flowers, incense and agarbatti are placed in the upper mandala of Bagmati Pari. Also kept are Pooja Thali, Sahasr made for Aarti, Havankund, Peacock Fan. A middle-aged woman lights a candle. To perform Shiva’s Aarti, three priests line up and start the Aarti by blowing conch shells.Pashupatinath  Aarati

It is not so easy to do Pashupatinath  Aarti. Aarti, which lasts for about an hour, is not possible for the elderly due to similar methods and procedures. There is no rule that Pandits who perform Aarti have to shave their hair and wear a hat. It’s a regular activity and it’s like a morning and evening prayer at home. While he was giving such information, the devotees were accepting the Aarti performed at Pashupati Aryaghat in a different way.Pashupatinath  Aarati

The silence of Aryaghat was made musical by the hymns, harmonium and tabla that started playing as soon as Aarti started. The Aarti was not just a simple ritual to immerse the relatives and mourners who came to burn the body in devotion to Shiva. According to Bhuvan, hundreds of youths arrive at Pashupatinath  Aarti in the evening to watch Aarti. Perhaps it is when they reach Pashupati that they see the worldly sufferings and deaths in the same place. Pashupatinath  Aarati

It is customary for the hosts to perform Sankalp Puja on the banks of Pashupati Bagmati before the Aarti begins. On the occasion of her birthday, Vinita Khatri had come to Pashupatinath Aarti with her husband to perform Sankalp Puja. She laughs and writes her name Bhuvan. At the same time, Malami is carrying the body to Aryaghat, crying and screaming. It has become normal for Bhuvan to hear the laughter of birth and the cry of death at the same time every day.Pashupatinath  Aarati

Another young Pandit living in Aarti with Bhuvan is Navin Regmi. He has been doing Aarti continuously for five years. Before joining the Navin Aarti Mandali, where he studied English and Sanskrit till graduation, he was a priest in another small temple near the main Pashupati temple. It has been 10 years since Navin, who came to Kathmandu from Nuwakot after SLC, started working in an office in Pashupati area. Naveen says, ‘You have to have some knowledge of Sanskrit to do Aarti. Pashupatinath  Aarati

Naveen, who has been working as a supervisor at Unilever in the afternoon, spends the evening in Aarti.He says, ‘Aarti’s work was learned by watching. I can do everything now. ‘Both Bhuvan and Navin were tired from working all day. But when they sat down to do Aarti, there was a wonderful peace on their faces. Naveen says, ‘I am happy when a crowd of youths come from different place  during Aarti. Our aim is to instill faith in religion in young people like us. ‘Every evening, three priests perform Aarti of Pashupatinath. Pashupatinath  Aarati

The experience of being calm, gentle and coming to the holy place of Lord Shiva to rest is different. On top of that, it is natural to feel relaxed while enjoying Aarti. Efforts by young priests to attract young people to religion have proved fruitful. Do you also go to purify the ears by listening to the Pashupatinath  Aarti Mandali of the youth every evening?

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1. Muktinath

Muktinath is popular religious placein nepal. Muktinath belongs to Mustang district. This popular religious place lies at an altitude of 3,710 meters and on the surface of the Thorongla Pass. This popular religious sacred site has 108 stone streams flowing from the mouth of a cow from which the holy water is believed to flow.

In this popular religiou place fair is held on Bada Dashain and Chaitra Dashain in Nepal. This popular religious contains two ponds right in front of the temple in Nepal. On one side is the pool of religion and on the other side is the pool of sin. There are other temples around this popular religious place in Nepal

2.Barahashhetra

This pouplar religious place falls at the confluence of Koshi and Kokah rivers on the way from Morang to Bhojpur in Nepal . This pouplar religious place contain famous temple of Lord Barah. This pouplar religious place which has a big fair on Kartik Shukla Purnima, has been discussed by Hindus in Brahmapuran, Himavatkhand Puran, Varahpuran, Padmapuran, Srimadbhagavatpuran and other Puranas in Nepal.

This pouplar religious place contain about three dozen sub-shrines including Adivarahasthan, Suryakunda, Chandrakunda, Kubjamra, Kotivat, Dhenuvat, Vishnupaduka and Lohargal around the Varaha region in Nepal . It is mentioned in various mythological texts.

3. Manakamana

Manakamana temple is a very popular religious temple . This pouplar religious place belongs to Gorkha district in Nepal .This pouplar religious place is located in a hilly area at an altitude of 1300 meters in Nepal.

There is a great belief that if you come to this temple, which is considered to be the incarnation of Bhagwati and Parvati. And ask for what you want from the goddess, it will be fulfilled in this pouplar religious place in Nepal

4. Gosainkunda

Gosainkund is a tank in Rasuwa district is pouplar religious place in Nepal .According to Hindu mythology, this tank is said to be the abode of Shiva and Gauri in Nepal . According to Hindu scriptures, Samudra Manthan mentioned in Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana and Ramayana Mahabharata is said to be directly related to Gosainkunda.

Janai Purnima and Ganga Dussehra (Indian festival) are very crowded here in this pouplar religious place in Nepal . Thousands of pilgrims from Nepal and India visit this pouplar religious place.There is a great belief in the minds of the people that this tank was created by the blow of Mahadev’s trident in Nepal

5. Pashupatinath

This pouplar religious place is located on the banks of the Bagmati in Kathmandu,Nepal. This pouplar religious place is a famous and sacred Shiva temple of the Hindus in Nepal. Large fairs are held on Harishyani, Haribodhani Ekadashi and Mahashivaratri.

Thousands of pilgrims come to visit this pouplar religious place here in Nepal .on other days as well and usually on Mondays to worship this pouplar religious place in Nepal

6. Dolakha Bhimsen

Dolakha is a very famous big, pouplar religious place of the district. It is called Bhimeshwar in Nepal.This pouplar religious place contain main idol in this temple is of Lord Bhim.

The feature of this popular religious temple is believed to be the form of three different deities at three times in Nepal. Bhimeshwar in the morning, Mahadev in the day and Narayan in the evening.

7. Krishna temple

Krishna Temple is a pouplar religious place located in Patan district in Nepal. And is popular religious place for its architecture and religious buildings On the day of Krishna Janmashtami, there is a huge crowd of devotees in Nepal.

8.Ridi

There is a popular religious temple of Rishikesh here in this place . This popular religious place is a historical and religious temple located near the sacred Kaligandaki and Gandaki in Nepal. which flows from the confluence of Gulmi, Palpa and Syangja districts in northwestern Nepal. The first day of the month of Magh (Maghe Sankranti) is very sweaty in this popular religous place in Nepal.

9.Janaki temple

The popular religious place Janaki Devi temple in Janakpur is a sacred Hindu shrine in Nepal. This popular religious temple of Goddess Sita, her birthplace, is built in Mughal style in Nepal .

Ram Navami, Janaki Navami in Vaishakh, Ramjan’s Wedding Festival in Mansir, Kojagrat in Asoj Punirma, Jhula in Saun-Bhadau, and thousands of devotees flock to Punirma every month in this popular religious place in Nepal

10.Swayambhu

This popular religious place is a famous Buddhist temple (chaitya) located on the top of a hill west of Kathmandu Nepal. According to the Swayambhu Purana, hundreds of years ago, Kathmandu was a large lake in the valley from which the lotus flower originated in this popular religious place .

This popular religious place is believed that the Bodhisattva Manjushri, seeing such an amazing scene and seeing that the people of the valley could be well settled, cut off the Chobhar and sent all the water out of Kathmandu Nepal. On the full moon day of Baishakh, Buddha Jayanti is very crowded in this popular religious place in Nepal

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11. Ram Mandir

The popular religious place Ram temple adjacent to the Janaki temple is revered by the devotees as Ram Navami .on the day of Chaitra Shukla Navami and on this day there is a great commotion in Nepal.

12. Halesi Mahadev

Halesi Mahadev is a popular religious place in Nepal.Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site in Khotang district in the Everest Zone of Nepal.This popular religious place is at 4,736 feet above sea level. The structure of this cave is considered to be unique in the world.

This popular religious place is considered by Hindus as the Pashupati of the East, by Buddhists as the second Lumbini and by the Kirants as the primitive land in Nepal

13. Budhanilkantha

Kathmandu is popular religious place a pilgrimage site north of the valley. The idol of Lord Budhanilkantha is very old in the lap of Shivpuri Dada on the north side of Kathmandu Valley Neapl.

It is not written anywhere and at what time it was made and no one knows. According to legend, when a farmer was digging his field, the toe of the idol was injured and blood was also seen in this popular religious place in Nepal.

According to another mythological fact, the idol of the god was brought to this popular religious place.Its present place in Kathmandu Nepal in the seventh century during the reign of Lichhavi king Bhimarjun Dev and during the reign of Vishnu Gupta. But there is no concrete evidence in Nepal.

14. Lumbini

Kapilbastu district of Nepal is the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha which is popular religious place . There are Asoka pillars, various religious ponds, and monasteries, as well as the Mayadevi temple in this popular religious places .

Here is also a pool where Mayadevi bathed after giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama and also bathed Gautama Buddha in this popular religious place in Nepal

15. Dakshinkali

This popular religious place is located 22 kilometers from Kathmandu Nepal, 1 kilometer above Pharping. This is the popular religious place of a powerful goddess Kali. Especially on Saturdays and Tuesdays, large crowds of devotees visit this popular religious temple.It is customary to sacrifice animals and birds in this popular religious places , temple. Archaeologically, This popular religious place is of great importance.

16.Devighat

There is a popular religious place of Goddess Bhairavi at the confluence of Trisuli and Suryamati in Nepal. There is a big fair here in Baishakh in this popular religious placein Nepal . The idol of the goddess of Nuwakot is brought and kept in this temple.

17. Swargadwari

Swargadwari is located about 26 kilometers west of Khalanga, the district headquarters of Pyuthan district in Nepal. This popular religious place is considered as one of the important religious and tourist sites of Nepal. Swargadwari temple is one of the oldest temples in Nepal.

18. Siddhartha Pokhari

Mayadevi bathed in this pool south of Mayadevi’s temple in  Lumbini before Siddhartha was born and after Siddhartha was born she also bathed in this pool. This is why the pond is known as Siddhartha Pond.

19. Resunga
    This is a very oldtemple in Nepal. It belongs to Gulmi district. It is located at the top of a hill called Resunga. The sage Sringa had done penance and his idol.

20. Bala Tripurasundari

The Balatripura Sundarika temple in Dalpa district is a very old and famous religious site. Pilgrims from all over the world come to this temple.

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Located in Gaushala,Kathmandu Pashupati is one of the major Shiva Temple in the whole world.The  holy Bagmati river flowing all the way between this temple makes this temple more holy.It is the most sacred temple of Lord Shiva.The main temple consists of The Shivalinga,the idol of Lord Shiva ,which attracts every Hindus around the World to once come and visit this holy place . Some important things you must know about Pashupati are detailed here.

1.The Ancient Existence:

This temple is built by Prachandadev,The Lichhavi King in about 400A.D. This temple is in existence since 1600 years. Considered the most scared Hindu temple in Nepal and around the world,the actual reason is its existence since 1600 years and still standing tall as the symbol of preserving the Hindus existence. It has suffered 3 big earthquake attacks but it remained unmoved and untouched. The earthquakes has certainly destroyed the big engineering constructions,but as people believe with the power of Lord Shiva it is still untouched and no disaster can affect this temple. The temple is designed in Pagoda style with the best architecture of that time,the wood carving architecture,the stone architecture,makes this the masterpiece of the World.

2.The Exciting Story of Origin of This Temple

There is a legendary story related to the origin of this temple. According to this story, every morning a Cow used to go to the exact spot where the Temple’s Lord Shiva Idol now lies ,and used to offer her milk all in that specific place. The Cow owner got suspicious of the cow’s activity and followed the cow one day and witnessed her doing so everyday. He wondered the activity of Cow,called for some help and dug the place where he found  Lord Shiva’s Idol,The Jyotirlinga. This story was heard by many people and slowly people from different parts started gathering and worship this Jyotirlinga and later Prachandadev,The Lichhavi King ,built temple knowing its importance as told Lord Shiva himself came to his dreams and told him to do so.

3.The Pagoda Masterpiece

This temple is a very beautiful and attractive looking temple designed in Pagoda style. Located on the bank of holy river Bagmati makes its more beautiful. This is considered as the Architecture Masterpiece of Hindu Temple. The golden spire at the top of the main temple with a bunk roof,cubic shaped structure,silver made 4 entrance doors and the idol of Lord shiva inside main temple lying in the center accumulates the beautiful structure of this temple. The Temple looks more dynamic by the presence of Nandi,Shiva’s Bull just outside the temple.

4.Only Hindu Entrance

This temple is strictly restricted for people of other religion. They can go the the temple see the other sites outside,but they are forbidden to enter inside the gates of the main temple. The security guard at the main temple entrance will stop you right there if you are not a Hindu. So,if you are not a Hindu and planning to visit PashupatiNath,you will have to satisfy yourself visiting premises outside the main temple.

5.The Final Destination :

This place is considered as the final destination for the Hindus in the sense that after people die,they are brought to the Pashupati Arya Ghat for the religious cremation in this place. People are burned here with the holy fire and the ashes are devoted to the holy bagmati river then only person’s door to heaven will open,as believed. The last truth of the world is the death and the dead ones last destination is Pashupati. Daily more than 20 people are brought to this place for cremation. If you want to witness the actual way of HIndu’s Cremation by fire,you should go to Pashupati Arya Ghat.

6.The Seek for Deliverance :

The last truth of the world is the death and the dead ones last destination is Pashupati and it is believed that if your body is cremated with fire in The Arya Ghat you will take birth as a human in next life,despite of the sins you have done in your life. This is the place for the revival of the soul in new form of better life. And the seek of Nirvana is also believed in this temple,as people in the old age spend their life’s last moments in this holy place.

7. Enlistment in World’s Heritage Site:

This temple was enlisted by UNESCO as World’s Heritage site knowing its religious and preservation importance.

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