Bagmati Province · Nepal
Kathmandu (Pashupatinath)
Nepal's capital, home to the Pashupatinath Temple of Shiva on the Bagmati
- Principal temple
- Pashupatinath TempleShiva as Pashupati, in a four-faced stone mukhalinga
- Nearest airport
- Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, ~1 km from Pashupatinath Temple
- Tradition
- Śaiva · Śākta · Vaiṣṇava
Overview
Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, lies in the Kathmandu Valley and has a Hindu-majority population. Its Pashupatinath Temple, on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River, is dedicated to Pashupati, a manifestation of Shiva, and is considered one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Hindus; it is one of the seven monument groups of the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed in 1979. Tradition, following the Shiva Purana, links Pashupatinath with Kedarnath in the legend of the Pandavas' search for Shiva. The nearby Guhyeshwari Temple, a Shakta pitha, and the ancient Changu Narayan Temple of Vishnu are also important to Hindus.
See sources [1–8]- Shiva as Pashupati, in a four-faced stone mukhalinga
- The goddess Guhyeshwari (Guhyakali)
- Vishnu (Narayan)
