Ahead of Mahashivaratri the Pashupatinath trust and police announced that visitors caught smoking or holding cannabis at the temple would be arrested, ending the tolerance long shown on the festival day. Sadhus stayed exempt but were told not to sell or offer it to visitors. Police said they had rounded up about 300 people for cannabis in the five months before.[1]
In the cultural atlas
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