The Big Adventure --
Kathmandu & You
Sights from My Fourth
Day
Bhagawan and Pramila took
me to Pashupati after work today. It is one of the holiest temples in
all of Hinduism. Being a foreigner, I couldn't pass as a Hindu to
gain access into the main temple, but I could enjoy all the sights
along the Bagmati River: temples, carved gods, bodies being cremated
and the ashes dumped into the river, holy men and mourners bathing in
the river, etc.
Not only are cows sacred
in Hinduism, monkeys are as well since there is a monkey god. They
hang out in the forest surrounding Pashupati and tend to be extremely
camera shy. They will let you come very close until you point a
camera at them, and then they are scurrying off to hide.
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