As many as one million people offered prayers at the Pashupatinath main temple on the Mahashivaratri festival on Tuesday.
According to the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the prayers and worship that started at Pashupati temple since Tuesday evening after sunset continued up to 5.10 am on Wednesday morning.
The inflow of devotees was high at the temple area in the evening than on the morning and day, shared Gurjo campaigner Kamal Bahadur Rajalbat. He had served devotees tea made of different 60 types of herbal plants including Gurjo on the occasion of Mahashivaratri free of cost.
Likewise, thousands of devotees had offered prayers and worship at Gokarneswor Temple on the occasion. Visitors thronged the temple for worshipping Lord Shiva until Tuesday night.