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Nepal: Lane leading to the main entrance of the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)

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Nepal: Lane leading to the main entrance of the Pashupatinath Temple complex, Kathmandu (photo)
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Rainer Krack
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The most revered Hindu site in Nepal is the extensive Pashupatinath Temple complex, five kilometres east of central Kathmandu. The focus of devotion here is a large silver Shivalingam with four faces of Shiva carved on its sides, making it a 'Chaturmukhi-Linga', or four-faced Shivalingam. Pashupati is one of Shiva’s 1,008 names, his manifestation as 'Lord of all Beasts' (pashu means 'beasts', pati means 'lord'); he is considered the guardian deity of Nepal. The main temple building around the Shivalingam was built under King Birpalendra Malla in 1696, however the temple is said to have already existed before 533 CE. In 733 CE, King Jayadeva II erected in its precincts a stone tablet which chronicled all the kings of Nepal, beginning with the sun god. During the Muslim raids of 1349 the temple was largely destroyed, but in 1381 Jayasinharama Varddhana of Banepa restored it. Further renovations were conducted towards the end of the Malla period, and the latest extensive improvements were made in 1967. Since the temple's inception, all the rulers of Nepal have taken great pains to pay their respects to it, to make donations, and to finance extensions.

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Pictures from History/Rainer Krack / Bridgeman Images
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colour / Nepal / Asia / UNESCO / photo / mzphoto / kathmandu valley / unesco world heritage site / asia / historical images / temples / historical / asian / bagmati river / kathmandu / hinduism / hindu / nepalese / pashupatinath temple / historical pictures / temple / history / religion / bagmati / rainer krack / shiva / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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