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Pashupatinath (Kathmandu) - Shleshmantaka Forest and a famous pilgrimage of Lord Shiva


• Greatness:

Kathmandu Pashupatinath (Shleshmantaka Forest) (1400 m)
(Kathmandu district, Nepal)

- The temple can be visited from Kathmandu (4 km).

▬ River Bagmati flows → Pashpatinath Mandir Ghat (Aarti)
(Kathmandu Valley)

(Nepala Mahatmya)


Shiva-Parvati
Shiva-Parvati

Kathmandu Pashupatinath Temple
Kathmandu
Pashupatinath

River Bagmati near Pashupatinath Temple
River Bagmati

Shiva: Lord Shiva abides in Kathmandu as Lord Pashupatinath.
- In ancient times Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe in the Shleshmantaka Forest.
- Kathmandu Pashupatinath Temple


(Nepala Mahatmya)

Pashupatinath (Shleshmantaka Forest)
(Nepala Mahatmya - 1)




• Temples and Places :

Presence of Lord Shiva in Pashupatinath Kshetra:
Lord ShivaPashupatinath Kshetra is the ancient Shleshmantaka Forest (on the bank of river Vagmati) where Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe.

(Nepala Mahatmya)

Shiva - Parvati Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu district, NepalKathamandu - Pashupatinath Temple
(Kathmandu district, Nepal)

Pashupatinath Kshetra is the ancient Shleshmantaka Forest where Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe.



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