Kathmandu, May 10: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Hit Bahadur Tamang has said that Pashupat area is a holy place for followers of Sanatan religion spread all over the world and it is not a place to make speeches.
Addressing the 38th anniversary programme of the Pashupati Area Development Trust today, Minister Tamang said that Rashtradev will not come to Pashupatinath to do politics and not allow the trust to become a platform for politics.
He said, “No one is allowed to come to a non-political place, a religious place, to do politics. You should not come to a religious place and do politics.” Similarly, he said that the trust should not be seen as a tool to fulfill political interests of anyone. Minister argued that he came to see that the development trust has been used as a tool for politics lately, and promised not to let it happen again. He said, “Pashupat area is a non-political spiritual holy place, work should be done here to achieve religious objectives only.”
He said that Pashupati region, listed in the World Heritage List, is an important centre of oriental philosophy and culture, so it has played an important role in making Nepal known to the world.
Minister Tamang said that it is necessary to create a pleasant physical and spiritual environment for religious tourists in Pashupat area to facilitate the entry of Hindus from India who have faith in Hinduism with millions of people.
He said, “If we can create a beautiful and spiritual environment in the Pashupati region, it will make an unprecedented contribution to economic progress and progress for the development of the country. Everyone’s support is necessary for the development here.” Likewise, Dr. Milan Kumar Thapa, member secretary of the trust, said that he will always be in the forefront for the benefit of Lord Pashupatinath and the development trust.
He said, “It is the tradition of my forefathers not to embezzle the ‘shivaswa’ (revenue belonging to religious trust and temples). I will not misappropriate ‘shivaswa’, but bring it from home and develop it here.” He also said that he had suffered a lot in the past due to some antagonisms that harmed the trust.
He said, “Those who oppose Pashupati and warn against the development of this place have given me pain in the past when their interests were not fulfilled. I say to such opponents that I will not do wrong.”
