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India gifted over 40 kg of a special variety of sandalwood to Nepal for use at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, sent by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The consignment was handed over to Ganesh Bhatta, the chief priest of the temple, and is to be used in the worship of the temple's Shree Yantra.
Nepal receives such sandalwood from India every year under the two countries' religious and cultural ties.
Pashupatinath stands on the banks of the Bagmati river on the eastern outskirts of Kathmandu and is dedicated to Shiva in his form as Pashupati, the protector of animals.
The temple was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
Religious and cultural exchanges of this kind sit alongside the open border, the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, hydropower cooperation and cross-border connectivity projects.
Rises north of Kathmandu, flows through the Kathmandu valley past Pashupatinath, and enters India in Bihar.
The 275-member lower house of Nepal's Federal Parliament; the National Assembly is the upper house.
The tiered-roof Nepalese pagoda style is distinct from the North Indian Nagara and South Indian Dravida temple styles.
GS Paper 2 > International Relations > India and its neighbourhood; GS Paper 1 > Art and Culture > Temple architecture
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A form of Shiva as the lord and protector of animals, to whom the Kathmandu temple is dedicated.
A temple form marked by tiered roofs rising from a plinth, characteristic of the Kathmandu valley.
A sacred geometric diagram used in worship; the sandalwood gifted by India is used in its worship at Pashupatinath.