Most Popular Pashupatinath Temple is one of the famous sacred holy places of Hindu. It is located on the bank of the Hindu’s Holy river Bagmati. Pashupatinath is about 5km northeast of the Kathmandu inside the eastern part of the valley. Pashupatinath Temple is enlisted in the world Heritage site by the UNESCO in the time of 1979. In Asia, it is also regarded as the fourth most important historical site for devoting Lord Shiva. If we read the history of the Pashupatinath Temple, it is built in the fifth century. Later on, it is renovated by the Malla thinking that its existence is compulsorily necessary and important for the coming generation.
Every time mostly Hindu and Buddhist come from the different parts of the world to visit the holy place of Lord Shiva, Pashupatinath located in Nepal. There may rise a question “Why Pashupatinath Temple is popular among the Hindu religion?” It is believed that the blessing of the Pashupatinath is very powerful. If you want something to your life you can pray to Lord Shiva from your good heart which will be definitely fulfilled. Pashupatinath Temple is made in a pagoda style in which the temple is covered will gilded roof, with the beautiful wood carvings and covered with silver on its four sides. Pashupatinath not only includes the Hindu temples but also Buddhist surrounds. One of the major festivals celebrated regarding or worshipping Lord Shiva is Shivaratri. Some other festivals are celebrated in the premises of Lord Pashupatinath is Teej, Chaturdashi and so on.
Some of the reasons “why Pashupatinath Temple is popular?”
Different Legends related to its Origin
There are different interesting facts about the origin of the Legends associated with the origin of the holy place Pashupatinath Temple. Some of the legends are the cow legends, the Lichhavi legends, and the Devalayas legend. Talking about the cow legends, every day a cow goes to some specific place and offers the milk in that place. After continuously doing it for some days, one day the owner of the cow saw them milking the ground and got surprised. So they decided to dig that ground, unfortunately, they found Jyoti Linga of Lord Shivaji. Slowly and slowly people used to know about that incident so they gather around and started worshipping the Jyotirlinga of Shiva. After some time it became popular as the name of Pashupatinath a pilgrimage center.
Cremation
In the bank of the holy river Bagmati and beside Pashupatinath Temple there is place where the cremation takes place. It is believed that in the Hindu culture after the death of someone if their cremation took place in the bank of the Pashupatinath on the bank of Bagmati they go to heaven peacefully.
Different pictures and sculptures
Nepal is always rich in the paintings sculptures from history as we can see different pictures and paintings of lord shiva ji on the different Temples. Different Apsaras god goddess are made on each door of the Temple which is mostly made from the pure gold “can you even imagine?” Different beams of the temples are sculpted with the varieties of sexual poses.
Hindus are only allowed to enter the Temple
Some major restriction inside the temples except Hindu religion if someone from other religion wants to enter inside it they are not allowed. There are other different parts of the buildings if they want to visit except the main one.
Shivalinga
Shivalinga is very different because it is uniqueness four-faced on the different the four directions.It is uniquely made in the Pashupatinath.The face of the linga facing east side is Tatpurusha, facing west is Sadhyojata, facing north is Vamadeva and finally facing south is Aghora SImaliraly the uppermost part is known as Ishan.
Pashupatinath Temple is one of the best and popular destinations from the time of the Malla kings period or the 5th century. The huge amount of tourist visits Pashunath Temple Every year from the different part of the world. A huge collection of revenue is also being generated from this historical and holy place Pashupatinath.
Everest Base Camp Trek is one of the most popular trekking routes in Nepal. And Everest can even be seen from Pashupati if the weather is really good.
