Khairabang Bhagwati Temple located in Sharda Municipality-11 Khairabang of Salyan is in an incomplete state when the reconstruction work is stopped.
The work of Khairabang Bhagwati Temple, which was started to be reconstructed in pagoda style from 2079/080 under the multi-year plan of the Department of Archaeology, has been stopped for two years.
The Bhagwati Temple, which is known as a religious and touristic place in Sharda Municipality-11, has been left behind due to the department not being able to ensure and allocate the budget on time.
Department had allocated 80 lakhs in 2079/080 to build a pagola-style temple . After tendering by the department, RS Sarada JV Construction Company was given the responsibility to work for 75 lakh 83 thousand.
According to the allocated budget, the company's work has been completed in October 080/081 . Last year and this year, when the concerned body has not ensured the budget yet, the upper part of the unfinished temple has been covered with plastic and the worship has been continued.
A grand fair is held from Ghatasthapana to Kojagrat Purnima. Hundreds of pilgrims from outside the district come here for worship. This year, Ghatasthapana pooja has also been performed in the unfinished temple. Poornima Rawat, who came from Dang, said that she was sad to have to worship in the unfinished temple.
Chairman of the Temple Protection Committee Chhabi Kumar Sharma said that the construction work was stopped due to the government not being able to allocate the budget and it was inconvenient to worship during Dasain. He said that due to the lack of budget, the construction work of the temple has stopped at 70 percent.
According to him, 2040 years ago, the temple was built with two floors of pagoda-style wood. There was a window . Now, according to the plan to make everything as before, except for the window, the work of the second floor wall of the temple has been completed . Now the windows and the roof are left. President Sharma said that the Department of Archeology has allocated 2.5 million this year for this. 'Not yet tendered . I don't know when the work will be continued," he said.
As the budget of the Department of Archeology seems to be insufficient, Sharda Municipality has also allocated a budget. He says that during the rains, they are forced to cover it with plastic so that the water does not enter the temple and does not affect the idol.
According to religious scriptures, Khairabang Bhagwati Temple is known as one of the 51 Shaktipeeths in Nepal. There is a legend that started the worship in the temple since 1480. In the past, the temple was crowded with devotees only during Chaite and Badadasain. After few years, after the traffic became easier, the temple is crowded with devotees every twelve months.
