November 1: More than 8,000 pilgrims visited the famous religious site, Pathivara, located at an altitude of 3,794 metre from sea level in Taplejung, a hilly district  in the east of Nepal.

 As many as 8,500 visitors reached and offered puja at the pilgrim site on Tuesday alone due to favourable weather conditions.

An employee at Pathivara Temple Area, Rajendra Mahat, informed that they recorded highest number of arrival in the religious site on Tuesday- highest since the beginning of the current fiscal year.

Earlier, the religious iste had witnessed arrival of 6,600 people in a day of the Dashain festival. The record was broken with the surge on pilgrims' arrival. It has been difficult for some years to manage queue for conducting puja conveniently.

The Pathivara Area Development Committee and the Pathivara Devi Temple Preservation and Promotion Committee have been managing visitors' arrival and worship. The Committee informed that a total of 25,368 devotees visited Pathivara from Ghatasthapana to Kojagrat Poornima. (RSS)