Pashupatinath- Nepal's oldest and holiest Hindu pilgrimage site
4 km east of kathmandu

Pashupatinath, Lord of the Animals (Lord Siva)

June 4th,

3rd day of the Kailas Yatra wake-up was at 4:am, before the rooster.

 

Early morning along the Bagmati River

 

(left) Dr. Sadasiva, Christian and Kailas sitting
before the temple for the Puja
Children hiding along the Bagmati River

 

Swami Vasishtananda presiding over the early morning Puja. Swami Saranadnanda and
Vishwakarma can be seen through the arch
Gita at the Sivalingam

 

Shaivite Sadhu at the Puja Temple

 

Shaivite Sadhu outside the Puja Temple

photo by Swami Saradananda

 

Cremation pyre on the banks of the Bagmati. to die and be cremated
on the Bagmati River is to be released from the cycles of rebirth.

 

Nepalis doing Puja on the Bagmati River.

 

Very cute, but rascally residents of Pashupatinath.

 

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