PM performs special puja in solemn vow for 'national welfare', lights 125k baatis

Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli has performed a special puja at the Pashupatinath Temple lighting 125,000 baatis (cotton wicks) in what he called a solemn vow for global peace and national welfare.

Member Secretary of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) Pradeep Dhakal told Setopati that Oli reached the temple at around eight Monday morning with wife Radhika Shakya and did special puja making round of the whole temple as per the Pashupati revolution system.