Pashupatinath on the Eve of Shivratri – photos

MahaShivaratri is Saturday February 18 – it’s the festival to celebrate Shiva as the god of yoga, meditation, renunciation, transformation, & nature .

Preparations for the Mahashivratri fair in Pashupat area have been completed. The Pashupati Kshetra Bikash Kosh has estimated that at least two million devotees will visit Pashupatinath for Mahashivaratri on Saturday.

According to the Bikash kosh , eight sub-committees have been formed for the convenience of the devotees. A core ceremony committee has been formed under the coordination of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Sudan Kiranti for the preparation of Shivratri. Except for journalists and volunteers, no pass has been arranged for entering the Pashupatinath area.

Arrangements have been made for security arrangements, publicity, darshan, night arrangement, accommodation, food, music etc.

The sub-committee has started work to monitor security arrangements, publicity arrangements, darshan, sandalwood temple and night arrangements, accommodation, food, firewood arrangements for Dhuni, arrangements for religious programs and management of footwear. Various places in Pashupatinath region have been prepared for Mahashivratri.

here some photos of  Pashupatinath Kathmandu where Shiva transformed himself into a deer & lived as Pashupati the “Lord of the Animals”