Crematorium at revered Nepal site alarms Unesco

A concern for Unesco: A partially constructed building destined to house an electric crematorium standing in the Pashupatinath temple area in Kathmandu.- AFP

KATHMANDU: The UN’s cultural body has voiced alarm at the building of a giant crematorium within a fabled temple complex in Nepal, worried it will become an eyesore at one of the world’s holiest Hindu sites.

Pashupatinath, a temple complex which sprawls over a 2.6 sq km area near Kathmandu on the banks of the Bagmati river, attracts tens of thousands of pilgrims every year from neighbouring India.