Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu – Entry
& Darshan
The temple courtyard has 4 entrances in the cardinal
directions. The western entrance is the main entrance to the temple courtyard
and the remaining three entrances are only opened during festival times. Temple
security (Armed Police Force Nepal) and the Pashupatinath area development trust are
selective regarding who is allowed entry into the inner courtyard. Practising
Hindus and Buddhists of Nepali diaspora are only allowed into Temple courtyard.
Practising Hindus of western descent are not allowed
into the temple complex along with other non-Hindu Visitors with an exception
to Sikh and Jain groups if they are of Indian ancestry. Others can look at the
main temple from adjacent side of the river and have to pay a nominal fee of
$10 (1000 Nepali rupees) for visiting hundreds of small temples in the external
premises of the temple complex.
The inner temple courtyard remains open from 4 am to 7
pm for the devotee but the Inner Pashupatinath Temple where the Lingam of Lord
Pashupatinath is established is open from 5 am to 12 pm for the morning ritual
and viewing and from 5 pm to 7 pm for the evening ritual. Unlike many other
Saiva temples, devotees are not allowed to enter in the inner-most Garbhagriha but are allowed to view from the exterior premises
of the outer Garbhagriha.
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