{"id":17920,"date":"2023-12-08T10:21:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17920"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:01:49","slug":"pashupatinath-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pashupatinath-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Pashupatinath Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Pashupatinath Temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0Hindu temple\u00a0dedicated\u00a0to Pashupati, a form of Shiva.<\/li>\n<li>Location: It is located on both\u00a0banks of the Bagmati River on the eastern outskirts of\u00a0Kathmandu, Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>The temple\u2019s age is not exactly certain, but legend indicates its existence dates back to 400 BC.<\/li>\n<li>In 1979, the temple was declared a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>The temple complex includes\u00a0518 temples, buildings, and structures.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0main temple is designed in the\u00a0Nepalese pagoda style, with a\u00a0tiered roof and plinth.<\/li>\n<li>It is a two-tiered structure with a\u00a0gold-plated roof.<\/li>\n<li>The temple has two interior rooms where the Pashupatinath idol is placed.<\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0cubic structure with\u00a0four\u00a0main doors,\u00a0all covered with silver sheets.<\/li>\n<li>One of the most astonishing decorations of the temple is the\u00a0huge golden statue of Nandi, Shiva\u2019s bull.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is a Pagoda?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Pagoda is a\u00a0towerlike,\u00a0multistory,\u00a0solid\u00a0or hollow structure made of stone, brick, or wood,\u00a0usually\u00a0associated with a Buddhist\u00a0temple complex, common in\u00a0China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Vietnam, and\u00a0other parts of Asia.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The pagoda structure\u00a0derives from that of the stupa, a hemispherical, domed, commemorative monument\u00a0first\u00a0constructed in ancient India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Pagodas are\u00a0constructed around a central staircase and can have many forms.<\/li>\n<li>A pagoda\u00a0has three sections: a\u00a0base, a body, and a top, which often takes the form of a miniature pagoda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?<\/h3>\n<p>A World Heritage site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). World Heritage sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of significance. The sites are judged to contain \u201ccultural and natural heritage around the world considered being of outstanding value to humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/meat-alcohol-prohibited-around-pashupatinath-temple-for-a-week-on-occasion-of-bala-chaturdashi-festival\/1876459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Meat, alcohol prohibited around Pashupatinath Temple for a week on occasion of Bala Chaturdashi festival<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pashupatinath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, a form of Shiva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}