KATHMANDU, March 5: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) completed all preparations for Mahashivaratri on Friday. During Mahashivaratri, around 700,000 pilgrims visit the Pashupati area every year.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Out of the nine ponds belonging to the Pashupatinath temple, six have disappeared. As those ponds, estimated to have been built about 100 years ago, have been lost, officials of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) are now searching for them.

KATHMANDU, Nov 25: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has denied any decision or approval regarding the construction of a Pashupatinath temple in India. In response to reports in both Nepali and Indian media, PADT asserted that it would never engage in matters that compromise the national identity.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has scrapped the contract of parking space lease inside the Pashupati area.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has asked Dev Garden, Gaushala to pay its dues by Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister has appointed Rajukumar Khatri as a member of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT).

KATHMANDU, July 17: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) recently announced revised guidelines for special worship at the Pashupatinath Temple and Basukinath Temple during the auspicious month of Shrawan (mid-July to mid-August).

KATHMANDU, July 8: A significant cache of gold pieces, estimated to be around 40 tolas, has been unearthed in the Jyasal region of the Pashupatinath Temple. The discovery was made on Friday morning during routine cleaning operations near the recently constructed Jalhari. Officials from the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), responsible for the temple's maintenance, have chosen to remain tight-lipped about the finding.

KATHMANDU, June 6: A security personnel working with Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) was found dead in the newly-constructed building of the Trust.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Govinda Tandon, who once held the position of the member secretary and treasurer of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), used to carry water from home to his office because he was afraid that he would commit a sin by utilizing the property of Lord Shiva.

KATHMANDU, March 10: A clean-up campaign will begin in the Pashupati Temple area from tomorrow (Saturday).

It's strange but true that the Pashupatinath Temple area listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site does not have even a single waste bin. Nepal urgently needs a serious national “make nepal clean” campaign rather than a “visit nepal” campaign.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: A week-long sanitation program began this morning in order to clean up the Pashupatinath temple premises. The program has been organized by the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) in the lead up to one of the greatest festivals of the Hindus, Mahashivarati.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has tried to demolish the Dharamshala, Dialysis Center and cow shed operated by Marwadi Sewa Samiti in Pashupati, Gaushala.

KATHMANDU, March 11: Even as the threat of coronavirus infection looms large, the devotees across the country are thronging the Shiva temples today on the occasion of the Mahashivaratri.

KATHMANDU, Nov 27: President of Indian Women’s Association (IWA) Namrita Puri handed over two eight-seater electric vehicles with high-end Lithium-ion batteries to Member-Secretary of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) Pradip Dhakal on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 20: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has pledged technical assistance to Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) for the reconstruction of the infrastructures in the area damaged by the 2015 mega earthquake.