A few days after the big festival at Pashpatinath we headed there again in the morning with Lilia’s aunty Ami. On a normal weekday morning, life at Pashupatinath is lively but not overwhelming. Ascetics in orange robes, many of them from India, make Pashupati their place of residence. People from all over the country come there for various rituals, some for good luck, some in honor of departed people, some to mark special life occasions. Pashupati is an extremely ancient holy site, consisting of acres of land. It covers a large sprawling area, with hidden nooks and crannies containing hundreds of temples of varying sizes and ages. As a holy Hindu temple site, Pashupati is an important place for cremations. Along the Bagmati river there are stone platforms that are used for that purpose. When a
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