JHAPA: Arjundhara, also called Pashupatinath of the eastern Nepal, is facing a financial crisis due to the effects of coronavirus.
Arjundhara, being operated based on the offerings made at the temple is currently reeling under financial crisis as revelers stopped coming to the temple due to threat of coronavirus transmission.
The resources of the temple are not even enough to provide salary to the staffers and offer food to Batuk (Hindu boys trained for chanting mantras).
Development committee treasurer Manoj Joshi informed that it has been uneasy to bear the costs involved in providing salary to nine regular staffs and meals to 45 Batuk.
The economic crisis has resulted in when there has been a sharp decline in the flow of revelers and worshippers into the temple for the past eight months due to COVID-19.
The regular monthly operational expenses of the temple is Rs 300,000, he informed.
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