Pashupatinath Temple

Pashupatinath Temple

one of many UNESCO protected temples in the Kathmandu Valley

Location: 

Pashupati Nath Road 44621, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

Duration: 

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Personal highlights

  1. Pashupatinath Temple: a cluster of Hindu shrines at the Bagmati River
  2. Gorakhnath Temple: I thought it's the Shiva temple but it is actually not
  3. Shiva Temple: the temple has collapsed, there are only shrines left
  4. UNESCO: the entire cluster of temples in the Kathmandu Valley is protected
  5. Teej Festival: thousands of women in red welcomed me at those temples

Image sources

  1. Shiva Shrines
  2. Gorakhnath Temple
  3. Monkey in the temple
  4. Long stairs up to the temple
  5. Nepalese man with his cow

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