Within the Pashupatinath Temple complex, one of the most religious sites for the Hindus, lies a two-storied building which houses a hath likhat (handwritten) Guru Granth Sahib on the first floor. This is the Bhasmeshwor Guru Nanak Matth and there is evidence that Guru Nanak had stayed and meditated at this site when he visited the holy temple of Pashupatinath. This original shrine has each of its wooden pillars engraved with the Khanda, the symbol of Sikhism. The place is open to devotees. However, during the earthquake of 2015, the original shrine sustained damages and currently it is being reconstructed.14
Also, within the Pashupatinath complex, lies another small shrine, known as Raaj Rajeshwari, named after two Sikh princesses who had been married in Nepal and wanted a place of worship. Gyani Gurubaksh Singh explains that every morning for the first puja done at Pashupatinath, the flowers for the puja come from the Raaj Rajeshwari Temple Garden. He added that unless the Bhatta priest uses the flowers from the garden, the puja is not considered complete.
13 Puri M., Gautam P. and Bhattarai A. (2019) Sikh Heritage of Nepal p. 18.
14 ibid, p. 25.
15 Puri M., Gautam P. and Bhattarai A. (2019) Sikh Heritage of Nepal p. 22.
