Modi visits Pashupatinath Temple
Modi was greeted with traditional musical instruments on arrival, and schoolchildren chanted mantras from the Vedas.
Modi was at the temple for 45 minutes, during which a special prayer (Mahapuja) was performed.
"He donated 2500 kg of sandalwood to the temple. Temple authorities presented the Prime Minister with a small scale model of the temple," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.
In the visitor`s book, he wrote that Pashupatinath Temple and Kashi Vishwanath Temple (in Varanasi) appear similar.
The Prime Minister later greeted thousands of people who had assembled in and around the temple premises.
Modi returned home after completing his two-day visit to the Himalayan nation.
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