KATHMANDU: The Bal Gopaleshwor Temple at the center of historic Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu has remained open for the public from 5 am to 5 pm on Monday on the occasion of Bhaitika. The Temple drew a large number of people without brothers and sisters to receive tika on the Bhaitika.
It is the day when sisters put tika on the forehead of their brothers, wishing for their prosperity and long life.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and National Reconstruction Authority coordinated the opening of the temple for the devotees.
The temple destroyed in the 2015 earthquake has been reconstructed and was recently inaugurated by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
The temple built in Shikhara style by King Pratap Malla in the 17th century had sustained damages in the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 and was reconstructed in its original style by the Department of Archeology.
The devotees could worship in the temple while people without brothers and sisters could put tika in the temple for the first time since the Gorkha Earthquake.
The auspicious time for putting tika on the Bhaitika was at 11:37 am, according to the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee.
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