Pashupatinath

After the formation of Maoist led-government in Nepal, the Maoist leaders are going to disturb and destroy the democratic norms & religious cultural & traditional values of the country. Now, the Maoists are trying to take over the Pashupatinath temple. The Supreme Court has ordered the trust to allow the three Indian priests to carry on with the rituals till its verdict, the new priests have begun their work in violation of the order. Maoists and cadres of the Young Communist League (YCL) stormed into the temple broke the lock of southern gate of the temple vandalized and thrashed Bhandaris. The daly worship was performed without conducting strict traditional rituals. It is a blatant attack on the centuries-old tradition and it is against the Supreme Court’s order.

A prominent Journalist Mr. Yubraj Ghemire has written-"Culture Minister Gopal Rai (Maoist central committee member) has said the Government will not obey the Supreme Court order staying the appointment of a priest believed to have been handpicked by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to head the Pashupatinath temple. The brazen defiance of the court egged Maoist cadres to go a step ahead and assault temple priests preparing to address a press conference to protest the Government’s interference in Pashupatinath affairs. We are not going to stay the decision that the Government has already taken regarding appointment of the new priest of the temple." Now a days the Maoists government is not forming and the old tradition is validating.