The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Pahupatinath and is located on the banks of the Bagmati river. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith.The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord pashupatinath.This temple complex is on UNESCO's world heritage list Since 1979.This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu valley as a cultural heritage site. One of the major Festivals of the temple is Shivaratri on which day over 700,000 devotees visit here.
The twelve Jyotirlingas (in India) are the body and the Jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu (Nepal) is the head over this body.
The temple was erected anew in the 15th century by Lichhavi King Shupuspa after the previous building had been consumed by termites.Countless further temples have been erected around this two -storied temple. These include the Vaishnav temple complex with a Ram temple from the 14th century and theGuhyeswari temple mentioned in an 11th-century manuscript.