Welcome to the Sanctum
Pashupatinath is the most sacred Hindu temple in Nepal, set on the banks of the Bagmati river. It is one of the largest Shiva temple complexes in Asia.
— ॐ नमः शिवाय —
Heritage
The story carved into stone, copper, and prayer.
Records of Pashupatinath Temple stretch back through dynasties, royal endowments, and faithful priesthoods. Today the temple stands as both a working place of worship and a living monument to the devotion of those who built it.
Sacred Offerings
Offerings performed by ordained priests under the guidance of vedic tradition — for every milestone of life.
Ceremonial bathing of the deity with milk, honey, sandalwood and sacred herbs accompanied by Vedic chants.
Recitation of the deity's names and mantras with flower offerings, performed in your name and gotra.
Sacred fire ritual to invoke Lord Ganesha — performed before new beginnings and important journeys.
Daily Worship
Open every day of the week. Each hour carries its own fragrance, its own prayer.
Sacred Calendar
Days that turn the temple into a constellation of light, music, and shared prayer.
Tens of thousands of Naga sadhus converge from India and Nepal.
Women devotees observe fasts and circumambulate the temple.
Sacred Moments
A visual pilgrimage — captured in the soft light of dusk and the gold of dawn.
Devotee Voices
Words from those whose lives were touched within these walls.
The abhishekam at Pashupatinath Temple changed how I understand prayer. Watching the linga bathed in milk and Ganga water, with the priests' chants rising in the dark — there is no other word for it but transformation.
I lost my father in the floods of 2018. Three months later I came to Pashupatinath Temple for the first time. Standing before Lord Shiva in that ancient sanctum, I finally felt my father had reached safe shores.
Mahashivaratri here is unlike anywhere else I have travelled. The whole night the bells do not stop, the chants do not stop. By dawn, you don't feel tired — you feel awake for the first time in years.
Plan Your Visit
Address: Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
