Mahashivaratri Festival (photos)

The Kathmandu District Administration Office has imposed a ban on the production, sale, purchase, transportation, storage and consumption of liquor, meat, marijuana and other psychoactive substances on the Pashupatinath temple premises during the Mahashivaratri festival.
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Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Ram Krishna Subedi, said a notice to this effect was issued to maintain religious sanctity of the holy site of Hindus.
Mahashivaratri 2016 festival in Nepal

A Hindu Sadhu lights a smoke as people take photos on the occasion of Mahashivaratri inside the Pashupatinath Temple premise in Kathmandu, Nepal on Monday, March 7, 2016. Photo: Skanda Gautam/ THT

“Anyone who acts in contravention of this notice will liable to the legal action under the Local Administration Act,” he said.

The areas from Gaushala to Mitrapark, eastern to western boundary of the temple, Tilganga and Mitrapark, Umakunda, Gaurighat and southern corner of the Bagmati River have been declared prohibited zone for such activities.

भिडियो हेर्न तलको बक्स भित्र क्लिक गर्नुहोस

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