Mt. Everest and temples

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June 8th 2011

Published: June 9th 2011

Today was amazing! Very long, but very good. We started the day at 5 am to take a mountain view flight over the Himalayan Mountains. It was a small 18 seater so everyone had a window seat. Since it was open to the cockpit, they allowed each of us, one at a time, to go up and take pictures from the front view. We were so fortunate to have great weather, clear skies and the mountains were spec... Read Full Entry

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Bondnnath Stupa

Bodnnath Stupa

prayer wheels around Stupa

large prayer wheel outside a temple in Bodnnath Stupa complex

Bodnnath Stupa

Bodnnath Stupa complex

Buddhist monk making offerings

Aquaduct at Bhakdabur

still receives water from Himalayan Mountain range

1000 tree root used for offerings

Many temples are replicas of those in India

that Buddhists are supposed to make pilgrimage to

close of one of the temples

statue of one form of Lord Shiva the Destroyer

statue of the king of this kingdom in 1300's

Golden Gate has Douga, goddess of power in middle

Royal bath with metal cobras

used to purify before entering temples; original cobras destroyed in 1934 earthquake; cobra is one form of Lord Vishna

one of stone creatures guarding temple entrance

temple made totally of stone

called erotic temple

has forms of Kama Sutra on it

Fish Monger

yet another temple

Nyata Poala - 5 story temple

built in 1600's; each statue on a level has 10% more power than level below it; !st level is wrestler who has 10% more power than normal human up to top level where god is 1000000 times more powerful than normal person

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