The Burning Ghats

These platforms are used for burning bodies. In the background you can see a pile of burning material. That is most likely a cremation taking place. The idea of death is accepted much more readily in Nepal. The idea of a burning body seems grotesque to Western people but is just a part of life to people in Nepal and India. If you click the picture so it is bigger, you can get an idea of how dirty the water is.

A morning at Pashupati

December 16th 2007
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 p ... read more

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more

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