Female mourners, next to shrouded body at the cremation Ghats, at the Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. Dressed in the traditional ochre robes of the Hindu, the women are throwing flowers into the river.
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Trays of bright, beautiful dyes that are used for dyeing clothes, fabric and for body and face painting
Sadhu, holy man, disciple, religion, religious follower, follower, devotion, Ghats, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, long beard, long hair, orange robes, intricate face paint, the fourth and final Hindu goal of life, moksha (liberation), Hindu, Buddhist, enlightenment, vision, washing, cleansing, ritual, culture, bead, beads, flowers, body paint, tilaka, Shiva, tika, Bagmati river, temple, face paint, body paint, cremation
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Trays of bright, beautiful dyes that are used for dyeing clothes, fabric and for body and face painting
The cremation Ghats at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, showing the Bagmati River flowing through Kathmandu, where people wash and the remains or cremations are pushed into the river