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Around a million devotees offered prayers at Pashupatinath during Shivaratri

KATHMANDU, March 2: As many as one million revelers offered prayers at the Pashupatinath main temple on Mahashivaratri festival on Tuesday.
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KATHMANDU, March 2: As many as one million revelers offered prayers at the Pashupatinath main temple on Mahashivaratri festival on Tuesday.


According to the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the prayers and worship that started at Pashupati temple from Tuesday evening after sunset continued up to 5.10 on Wednesday morning.


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The inflow of devotees was higher in the temple area in the evening  than in the morning and day, shared Gurjo campaigner Kamal Bahadur Rajalbat. He freely served devotees with tea made up of different 60 types of herbal plants including Gurjo on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.


Likewise, thousands of devotees offered prayers and worship at the Gokarneshwar Temple on the occasion. The visitors thronged the temple for worshiping Lord Shiva until Tuesday night.

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