Kathmandu, 23rd Feb: The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has planned two queues to reach the Pashupati temple on the day of Maha Shivaratri, the annual Hindu festival celebrated in reverence of Lord Shiva. This year’s festival falls on Monday, February 24th . Besides, the PADT has also provisioned a fast-track access to the temple on payment of Rs1,000, while the entry for the general lines are free. PADT officials claim they can have made proper arrangements that would allow devotees to reach the main temple within 30 minutes this time around. “We hope this arrangement works better,” said Ramesh Kumar Upreti, executive director for this PADT. All four gates of the temple will open from 3am to let you a great number of devotees to offer their prayers to Lord Shiva, he added.The PADT has set up separate committees for managing queues, sanitation, running food and health camps, and conducting hymns and prayers on the occasion. Around 1 million devotees are expected to show up for the festival this year.
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