Female devotees throng Pashupatinath Temple to celebrate Teej (Photo Feature)

KATHMANDU, Aug 24: Female devotees have started thronging Pashupatinath Temple since early morning today to celebrate Haritalika Teej festival.

The devotees started queuing up at the temple from as early as 2 am, while all four doors of the temple have remained open, said the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT).

Approximately 150,000 female devotees worshipped at the temple until 8 am, informed the PADT. Any program has not been arranged to hold a special puja at the temple for today, said Director of the PADT Bhola Sitaula.

Also, female devotees have thronged various main Shiva temples in Bhaktapur to celebrate the festival. RSS 

Photo Courtesy: Mukunda Kalikote