PM Balen Shah visits Palanchok Bhagwati temple

Prime Minister Balen Shah visited Palanchok Bhagwati temple in Panchkhal Municipality, Kavrepalanchok, on Wednesday, the fourth day of Bada Dashain, to offer worship and darshan.

According to Ramkaji Shrestha, chair of Panchkhal Municipality-9, the prime minister arrived at the temple premises around 10 am on Wednesday for the darshan.

Ward chair Shrestha said the prime minister visited and returned while the Bhagwati's daily routine worship was underway.

Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal and the prime minister's chief advisor Kumar Byanjankar were also part of the visiting delegation.

The prime minister and his team travelled to Palanchok by road. Security agencies in the district had not been informed in advance about the visit.

Palanchok Bhagwati is considered one of Nepal's famous Shakti Peeths, and special worship is held here during the Navratri of Dashain.

Since Navratri began, religious activity at the temple has increased, and large numbers of devotees have been arriving for darshan.

Every year on Ashtami of Navratri, it has been a tradition for the head of state to personally visit the temple for darshan.