Authorities at Nepal's Pashupati Area Development Trust on Saturday said that no permission has been given to anyone to build a replica of the world-famous Pashupatinath temple here in India.
A statement from the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) came in the wake of media reports stating that a replica of the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu was being constructed in a village in Uttarakhand.
The centuries-old temple is devoted to the Hindu god Shiva, in his avatar as Pashupati, the protector of animals.
“There is no truth in the news report that Pashupatinath Temple is being built in Uttarakhand of India and the Trust's attention has been drawn towards this false news report,” Dr Ghanashyam Khatiwada, the executive director of PADT said in a statement.