Kathmandu. General scene and overlook of Pashupatinath Hindu Temple and crematoria

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Pashupatinath Hindu Temple is the main crematoria in Kathmandu. There are no cemeteries in Kathmandu. In accordance with Hindu and Buddhist custom the dead are to be cremated within the day they die. Once the cremation is complete, the remains of the funeral pyre are swept into the adjacent Bagmati Holy River. The temple is also home to several groups of Brahmin Holy men.

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Size: 6000px × 4688px
Location: Nepal, Kathmandu in 2008
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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