Friday, August 1, 2014

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi coming Nepal with Jitendra Bahadur

Posted by Rajesh KC- August 2, 2014 :


Modi the Prime Minister of India is coming tomorrow in Kathmandu with Jitendra Bahadur saruMagar. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to perform bishesh puja at the Pashupatinath Temple during his two-day Nepal visit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Nepalese Parliament and offer prayers at the famed fifth-century Pashupatinath Hindu temple during his first visit to the country from August 3. "Prime Minister Modi will visit Nepal on August 3 and 4, the first visit to be paid by any Indian Prime Minister after 1997," Foreign Minister Mahendra Pandey said. The bishesh puja is a special ritual performed by the chief priest and four assistant priests at Pashupatinath Temple for a special fee to the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT). With only a week left for Modi´s official Nepal visit, PADT has geared up preparations Indian PM´s visit to the Pashupatinath Temple from Sunday. Modi is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on August 3. Meanwhile, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited the Pashupati Nath Temple before she returned home after concluding her three-day Nepal visit on Sunday.

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