{"id":415810,"date":"2025-08-30T12:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T06:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=415810"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:34:12","slug":"khaptad-babas-ashram-in-dilapidated-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/08\/30\/415810.html","title":{"rendered":"Khaptad Baba\u2019s ashram in dilapidated state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415811 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><strong>August 30, Kathmandu<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"><strong>:<\/strong> The ashram of Khaptad Baba, located in the heart of Nepal\u2019s renowned religious and tourist destination Khaptad, is in a dire condition. Leaking roofs have led to the decay of items inside, including Baba\u2019s bed, clothes, books, utensils, and medicines, many of which are rusted or rotting. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The walls and doors are waterlogged, with mould and cobwebs creating a foul odour. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The ashram\u2019s surroundings are neglected, with overgrown bushes and animal dung near the entrance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415813 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-1-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-1-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-1-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">The guest house for vip visitors is also unclean, with decayed wood and rusted utensils. Despite minor repairs years ago, the ashram remains in disrepair. Khaptad Area Tourism Development Committee\u2019s executive director, Khem Joshi, promised efforts to restore it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Born in Jammu, the late Khaptad Baba lived in Khaptad for about 50 years, writing extensively on spirituality and science. The 225 sq km Khaptad region, with its 22 meadows and 36 lakes, needs better infrastructure to preserve its heritage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/baba-asram-2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 30, Kathmandu: The ashram of Khaptad Baba, located in the heart of Nepal\u2019s renowned religious and tourist destination Khaptad, is in a dire condition. Leaking roofs have led to the decay of items inside, including Baba\u2019s bed, clothes, books, utensils, and medicines, many of which are rusted or rotting. The walls and doors are &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":415811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-415810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415815,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415810\/revisions\/415815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415810"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=415810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}