By 2 pm on Saturday, 5,900 had arrived, and by 6 pm, another 500 had arrived.
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A total of 6,393 pilgrims visited the Pathibhara temple on Saturday. According to the Pathibhara Area Development Committee, this is the highest number of pilgrims in a single day this season.
By 2 pm on Saturday, 5,900 had reached the peak, and by 6 pm, another 500 had reached the peak. The upper foothills, which are at an altitude of 3,100 meters, were already filled with pilgrims by 2 pm on Friday. Committee chairman Rocky Thebe had issued a public notice from Kaflepati or the district headquarters of Phungling to go only on Saturday morning.
Prajin Hangwang, executive director of the development committee, said that the number of pilgrims on Saturday was the highest ever since the start of this season. But he said that it was not possible to break the previous year's number.
The committee has data that more than 15,000 pilgrims visited in a single day last year. 'There will be more number during Dashain in Asoj or Kartik,' Hangwang said, 'This year, the rains affected the closure of the Mechi Highway and Tamor Corridor.'
Hangwang said that this could be because the cold weather has started and offices and schools are open, which is why more pilgrims came in a single day this season.
According to Santosh Purkoti, the committee's information officer, there are statistics that 29,174 people visited the temple in the month of Asoj. Last year, 61,000 tourists visited this month.
In 2081, 221,000 people visited the Pathibhara temple.
