Krishna visits Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu
January 16th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANIKatmandu, Jan 16(ANI): Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna on Saturday visited the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, and asked the Nepal Government and authorities to ensure safety and security of the priests in the famous temple.
Krishna arrived here on Friday on his first visit to Nepal after assuming charge and is in consonance with the ongoing high-level bilateral interaction between the two countries.
During his visit the Minister interacted with the priests and enquired about various issues including their safety.
Earlier in September, Krishna had strongly reacted to the attack on two Indian priests of the temple.
It was reported that, two priests -Girish Bhatt and Raghavendra Bhatt belonging to Karnataka - were severely thrashed and their clothes and sacred thread were cut by dozens of Maoists in Kathmandu. The attack had badly injured the priests.
The two priests had arrived in Nepal to continue the 800-year-old tradition at the revered temple of employing priests only from southern India. (ANI)
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