Birupakshya

Birupakshya is the holy god of Kirat people's located in Kathmandu erected by Kirati kings of ancient Nepal, believed to be an ancestor.[1] It is also known as Kirateswor Mahadev. Kirat people are diverse and therefore their beliefs and deities vary. It is believed that the world will be destroyed if the whole statue will come out.

Birupakshya, Kirateswor Mahadev at Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu 2013


References
  1. http://www.geocities.ws/gknepaleyn/data/data/hismisc.html


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