Blogs from Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Nepal Tour - Nov-2023 Day-8: Kathmandu: Chandragiri Hills and Pashupatinath Temple Kathmandu is situated in Kathmandu Valley surrounded on all sides by hills. It is like a bowl, and according to one theory, once up on a time, it was a lake. Kathmandu is said to be the oldest, longest inhabited place on earth, continuously populated for last 2000 years. It has an enormous treasure of Hindu and Buddhist cultural and archaeological heritage. Many of these are in damaged condition as this area is highly earthquake-prone, but still, many are in very good condition and many more are wonderfully restored to their old glory, soon after the 2015 earthquake. As per our guide, some of the Buddhist monuments have been omitted from this tour to accommodate for some other sites. We had – - Chandragiri hills ... read more

Today was our last day in Nepal. Funny how you can stay put in a country for almost 4 weeks and start to feel comfortable with it and start feeling like it's a home away from home. Now our time here has come to an end, but we've really loved our time in Nepal and the people have been just so amazingly friendly and helpful. We will definitely have to come back again!! We are sad to leave but there's less excitement when things become comfortable, so it's time to move on and explore new lands! Anyways, we planned to spend our last day visiting the last few sites we hadn't been to. We woke up and had a leisurely breakfast and then around 10:45, a bunch of us (us, Nasrin, Erik, Katie and Pauline) hired ... read more

Today we spent the whole day walking from the center of Kathmandu to the outskirt of the city in order to go visit some of the big Temples, Monasteries and Stupa; a long 8 hours hike that took up from the busy and quite commercial Indu temple of Pashupatinth, the Budhit Bodnath temple, Gokarna Mahadev temple and finally the famous Kopan Budhist Monastery.... read more

Sveglia presto e camminata fino al consolato , ma grande sorpresa lo troviamo chiuso . gran delusione , tutta sta corsa ( si presuppone per il capodanno cinese ) torniamo domani ...che palle Alla fine troviamo un bus per finire a pashuputinat temple , dove bruciano i morti .Posto sacro ma il turista paga un salasso .mortacci loro ...e non si vede un gran che .Molte parti chiuse ai stranieri e molti appiccicosi che cercano soldi .Alla fine vaghiamo qui e poi camminiamo fino a bodhnath , molto piu gradevole e rientro con mini bus del calvario , accovacciato per 10 minuti stavo perdendo l'uso dell gambe. . ammuchiati in una ventina dentro un vanette ...Per fortuna che sono cosi gentile che sono scesi 2 davanti e ci hanno fatto prendere il posto in prima fila ... read more

Pashupatinath is the most sacred temple for Hindu's in Nepal, and supposedly the most auspicious place for a Hindu to be cremated after Varanasi in India. It's location suprised me in that it is positioned extremely close to Tribhuvan Airport and on a rather uninspiring stretch of the Bagmati river which was extremely polluted. Having said that the place is obviously sacred and on the day we visited seemed a hive of religious activity with the temple area itself, the bridge across and the platforms opposite from where we observed, completely lined with people. The strong smells wafting up from the cremations and the eerie sound of solitary bells made this place instantly quite inforgettable. My guide very delicately explained the preparations and routines that families undertake when a relative dies. The male family members will ... read more