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Pashupati Sacred Grove
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Nepal
Active (legally a religious forest under Forest Act 1992)
Single grove
- Location
- Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
- Coordinates
- 27°42'25"N 85°20'E
- Size
- 83.55 ha
- Age / Founded
- Ancient (around Pashupatinath temple)
- Status
- Active (legally a religious forest under Forest Act 1992)
- Deity & Religion
- Pashupatinath (Shiva); Hindu
- Community & Guardians
- Pashupati temple/Kathmandu community
- Vernacular name
- Devithan / religious forest
- Record type
- Single grove
Cultural practices & uses
Temple/pilgrimage; sustainable resource use under management plan
Plant species
Schima-Pyrus, Moist (Myrsine-Persea) & Mixed (Quercus-Myrsine) forest types; shifting from former Myrsine-Schima
Biome & fauna
Kathmandu Valley subtropical forest
Threats & protection
Serious urban conservation challenges; legally protected
Source
Shrestha & Devkota 2013, J. Nat. Hist. Mus. 27:73-