NEPAL - Around Kathmandu - Pashupatinah temple and ghats
The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous, sacred Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupatinath and is located on the banks of the Bagmati River 5 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu Valley. This temple is considered one of the sacred temples of Hindu faith. The temple serves as the seat of the national deity, Lord Pashupatinath. This temple complex is on UNESCO World Heritage Sites's list since 1979. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river" and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO's designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site. At the ghats (stairs where you can descend to the river) are used for the open air cremations which take place on a daily basis.
BEST TIME to VISIT Pashupatinah
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to NEPAL
From October to February
Pashupatinah - cremation - the body is installed on a woodshed and decorated with flowers, ready to burn. For hindus, death isn't dramatic and is just a step before reincarnation and a new life.
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - carved stone figure
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - Sadhus are a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life.
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - carved stone door
Pashupatinah - Temple
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah ghats along the river
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - Picnic with an eye on the cremation
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - sadhu
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - cremation
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - the woodshed is ready
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - carved stone figure
Pashupatinah temples
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - sadhu
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - Telple with a linga
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - sadhu
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - cremation
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - sadhu
Pashupatinah temple and ghats - cremation
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah - cremation - the body is installed on a woodshed and decorated with flowers, ready to burn. For hindus, death isn't dramatic and is just a step before reincarnation and a new life.
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats
Pashupatinah temple and ghats