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Every morning Buddhist women would spend a few hours feeding the pigeons at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu. I think this activity was a religious practice as Buddhists believe in reincarnation and this act of kindness creates the same karma as giving alms to the poor. Well, what ever the reason they did it, I…
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Pashupatinath Temple sits along the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu. The temple itself is off limits to non-Hindus; interestingly, Hinduism is the only religion where one can enter only through birth and not by conversion, so if you are not born Hindu you can’t become Hindu (officially, this does not mean one can…
One of the things that struck me most about my trip to Nepal was how happy & gracious the people I met were. I’m about 6 feet tall with blonde hair and blue eyes which made it obvious that I was a foreigner; yet as I walked the streets I was met with smiles and…
Most of the first week of my stay in the Kathmandu Valley was spent staying in ‘Boudha’, a major Buddhist enclave in the city of Kathmandu. Every morning I would arise before dawn, grab my gear and head out for a few hours of shooting before breakfast. Walking out of the hotel entrance, I would…