Amidst a program organized Friday here, the Khudunabari camp handed over a Shiva Temple build within the camp premises to Khudunabari Village Development Committee (VDC) – 9.
The management of the Temple has been shifted to the host community considering camp consolidation expected to begin from January.
Nepalese Cultural Minister Gopal Kiranti, who was also present during the handover session today, said that the government was committed in preserving refugee settlement areas. However, he did not elaborate.
Meanwhile, the communities also began a weeklong Srimat Bhagawat Saptah Yegya of Khemraj Keshab Saran Dahal from today itself.
The Yegya aims to collect funds for setting a Senior Citizen Welfare Trust in the VDC, informed organizers.
Similarly, the Buddhist community of the camp is also learnt to be preparing to handover management of a Buddhist Temple to the local host community by the next week.
Reported by Deo Kumar Tamang from Khudunabari camp for BNS
We were the part and parcel to build this vary temple which was handed to the local community. My mind goes to the camp populace, their hard-work and dedication towards the temple construction and its maintenance. I think this is a commendable job accomplice by the remaining community members specially the Temple management committee who could safely hand over the spiritual wealth to the host community, despite the thorny relation ever since the camp establishment in 1993.