The three day Teej Festival is celebrated in Nepal and northern India and is traditionally observed by women. The festival is marked by fasting and prayers to Lord Shiva and the goddess Parvati asking them to bless their marriages and to ensure a long life for their husbands.

The most revered Hindu site in Nepal is the extensive Pashupatinath Temple complex, five kilometres east of central Kathmandu. The focus of devotion here is a large silver Shivalingam with four faces of Shiva carved on its sides, making it a 'Chaturmukhi-Linga', or four-faced Shivalingam. Pashupati is one of Shiva??? 1,008 names, his manifestation as 'Lord of all Beasts' (pashu means 'beasts', pati means 'lord')