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Commercializing Visit To Lord Pashupati In Kathmandu
By KTM Metro Reporter
February 21, 2011: last year, the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has collected Rs 1,000 (one thousand rupees) about US$15 from anybody willing to have special access to the temple to Lord Pashupati in Kathmandu at the time of Mahashivaratri means the great night of Lord Shiva. Anybody buying a ticket of Rs 1,000 for the entry to the temple does not need to stand in the line for several hours to reach the temple to Lord Pashupati and bypass all the common people that either cannot pay Rs 1,000 or don’t want to pay to have just the brief vision of the Lingam of Lord Pashupati. The PADT has earned hundreds of thousands of rupees from selling the tickets to the temple of Lord Pashupati in Kathmandu last year.
This year, probably, the PADT might not be able to earn anything from selling the tickets for the entry to the temple of Lord Pashupati, as Bharat Jangam has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court of Nepal for stopping the PADT from selling the tickets arguing that selling tickets means anybody can buy it and get an entry to the temple. Consequently, non-Hindus might get the access to the Lord Pashupati so sacred for the Hindus.
Non-Hindus particularly the beefeaters are restricted from entering into the temple. Even the Hindus wearing the belt of cow skin don’t get an entry to the lord. So, Hindus keep the temples so clean and sacred. However, the PADT has commercialized the entry to the temple allowing anybody buying tickets of Rs 1,000 an entry to the temple.
The Mahashivaratri day falls on March 02 this year. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees from Nepal and other Hindu world visit Lord Pashupati. Holy men called Sadhus spend several days before and after this day at the temple to Lord Pashupati.
