Talk:Pashupatinath Temple

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Photography within Pashupatinath is not allowed so I don't know if we should be showing pictures from the inside of it.

Photo of Pashupatinath Temple

The current photo of Pashupatinath is not very good because it does not show the actual temple.

I found some pictures on flickr that were under the CC license, but none of them were that decent.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tvancort/1943834684/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavenderstreak/3016191261/

Anyway, I suggest it to be noted on the current pictures caption that it its missing the actual temple. The actuall temple has a golden roof and is of pagoda style.

Prameya (talk) 03:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Done I changed the picture to a new one. |BINEET| 11:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Neutrality?

The Last Paragraph.. Well, It seems to be Vandalised. --Subbu 17:50, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Added Cleanup Tag, I myself could've done it, But I'm currently too busy. --Subbu 17:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Proposal for non-Hindu sentence

I propose that

Non-Hindu visitors are allowed to have a look at the temple from the other bank of Bagmati river.

be changed to

Non-Hindu visitors are allowed to have a look at the temple from the other bank of Bagmati river. However, they are not allowed to enter the temple.

What do you think? Kushal^t 19:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I think that the sentence needs a bit of modification as well. Actually, none of the visitors are allowed to enter the temple but are only allowed to enter the temple premises. Only priests can enter the temple. The temple of Pashupatinath has a specific schedule. General people can enter the temple premises only in the time allowed for believers of the faith. Even non-Hindus can enter the temple premises, if they have faith in Pashupatinath and follow the rules of temple. Buddhists and Kirats have been visiting the temple since time immemorial. Also, it is noteworthy that one of the main annual festivals of the temple is the conduction of a combined Hindu-Buddhist puja by Buddhist and Hindu priests. Unlike other religious places where time is allocated for service, preaching, tourism etc, the time-table of this temple is allocated for ritual puja by priests and puja by adherents. Puja by adherents include rituals of birth, death and anything in between. The temple is bound by these rules, so, the time alloted for believers can not be used by non-believers. However, for the convenience of non-believers, view of temple from the other bank of river Bagmati (which falls within the area of Pashupatinath premises) has been allocated. Non-believing tourists can take excellent snaps of the temple and its rituals from there. So, I think a more descriptive elaboration of the rule can be added noting that there is definite space for non-believers within the premises of the temple and that anyone with faith, both Hindus and non-Hindus can enter the temple courtyard. Thanks.--Eukesh (talk) 12:34, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the second sentence is redundant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.145.220 (talk) 04:08, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Non hindus are not allowed inside but one following buddhism,kiratism and sikhism are allowed as they are considered a branch religion of hinduism as they are not "mletch" ie one who eat holy cow meat and most importantly one must be born to such religion .even if one is converted into a hindu he is not allowed.--Ashim nep (talk) 17:33, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

King?

"Answerable to the king" implies that there is a king, which there isn't anymore. Fix? Triacylglyceride (talk) 16:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Photo "The Temple"

(once more, as already writen as first point) In my opinion you can NOT see the temple itself on the photo. It is the temple area; but the temple just begins outside of the right border of this foto.

Euyasik (talk) 12:51, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Mess

My goodness, this article is a mess! I noted that this article has been ranked as 'High'importance so i will be notifying the related wikiprojects and some experienced users to collaborate and edit this article.|BINEET| 10:23, 24 February 2012 (UTC) comment added by Bineetojha (talk • contribs)

Nothing about funeral rites at this temple

I checked to see if cremation or funeral rites is mentioned in this article. I noticed it isn't. This seems to be an important aspect of activities at the temple. Any objections to my finding appropriate courses and adding this information? HereAndSometimesThere (talk) 16:50, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 27 October 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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• Pashupatinath Temple → Pashupatinath
  
• Pashupatinath → Pashupatinath (disambiguation)

– This article is about the whole Pashupatinath not the actual temple. There should be article talking about the Pashupatinath Temple only. Not the whole of Pashupatinath~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 14:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

The Government of Nepal describes the whole place as "Pashupatinath". ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 15:50, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose. I think you either mean to request that Pashupatinath redirect to Pashupati as a WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT or you intend to create an article about the whole of Pashupatinath? -- JHunterJ (talk) 15:09, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose as the term is also a common name for a major Hindu deity, after which the temple complex itself is named. – Uanfala (talk) 15:12, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

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