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KATHMANDU: With the dispute over appointment of priests still "pending" in the Supreme Court, authorities of Nepal's Pashupatinath temple is planning to recruit two Indian pundits following the country's old tradition.
"We have felt the need to appoint two new priests very soon as regular worshipping has become difficult to manage due to lack of hands," Treasurer of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), Narottam Vaidya said.
The case relating to the new regulation for appointing priests is "pending in the Supreme Court, and the current arrangement is temporary". It will be done following the old tradition of taking in Indian priests, he added.
A case was filed in the apex court challenging the decision of the previous executive board of the PADT that formulated regulation allowing non-Indian and local people to qualify as priests.
Pashupatinath temple, an important place of worship in Nepal has been facing worker-crisis ever since two Indian priests Krishna Bhatta and Ramchandra Bhatta resigned, reportedly under pressure of Maoists-led government, which appointed two Nepalese priests in their place.
TOI
"We have felt the need to appoint two new priests very soon as regular worshipping has become difficult to manage due to lack of hands," Treasurer of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), Narottam Vaidya said.
The case relating to the new regulation for appointing priests is "pending in the Supreme Court, and the current arrangement is temporary". It will be done following the old tradition of taking in Indian priests, he added.
A case was filed in the apex court challenging the decision of the previous executive board of the PADT that formulated regulation allowing non-Indian and local people to qualify as priests.
Pashupatinath temple, an important place of worship in Nepal has been facing worker-crisis ever since two Indian priests Krishna Bhatta and Ramchandra Bhatta resigned, reportedly under pressure of Maoists-led government, which appointed two Nepalese priests in their place.
TOI
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