Pashupatinath Temple is built at the bank of Bagmati River. Bagmati River is the holy river of Nepal. On the bank of the river, there are many Ghat. Ghat is place where the Nepalese burnt their death body. On the left bank, the Ghat is for the royal family; and the right is for normal Nepalese.

Pashupatinath Temple is a holy place for the Hindu. It is the temple of God Shiva. Shiva had many different characters. In Pashupatinath Temple, Shiva is a kind guardian god.

¡¡  Nepalese believe by burning the body after their death and throw the ashes to the river after burnt will make their soul leave the body and reaches the heaven to be closer to the God.

¡¡  Saw this Nepalese lady wearing the traditional Shali sweeping at the steps beside the Ghat. On the Ghat, the firewood is stacking up nicely to be ready for the burning ceremony.   I was not excised when I visited Pashupatinath Temple; I was very uncomfortable when I saw the burning ceremony. There is no direct photo on the burning ceremony; I tried to capture something surrounding to describe the event. Then I saw this old man sitting in a Chaitya; his face was full of emotion and feeling of what he saw. ¡¡

Opposite bank of the Pashupatinath Temple, there are eleven white stone-sculptured Chaitya. Chaitya is a pagoda where the Nepalese pray the symbol of man organ - Lingum. Back

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