Pashupatinath (Temple of Living Beings) Kathmandu

Kathmandu , Nepal
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    Religious site

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TravelPod Member ReviewsPashupatinath (Temple of Living Beings) Kathmandu

  • One of the holiest sites for Hindus

    5

    chawi 18 contributions Lisse and Mexico, Netherlands Aug 5, 2011

    The best place to see the end of the life circle, Varanasi at a better level!

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Pashupatinath (Temple of Living Beings) Kathmandu

  • 1

    A series of changing plans

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    The wake up was early, to get to the domestic airport in time for our Mountain Flight, a 1 hour ride over the Himalayas where we would fly by Everest and a few other big name peaks. The cab taken from the hotel was much better than the junk we rode from the airport the previous day.

    The domestic airport was even smaller and reminded one …

  • 2

    My Pride, My Legacy, My Kathmandu*

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    *The motto of Kathmandu city

    Day 1 (Kathmandu)

    The first day of my RTW trip was quite adventerous. I was going to take connecting flights via Sharjah, UEA and the transit time was 1 hour. Somehow, the first flight delayed for 50 minutes and I got quite nervous, worrying about whether I would be able to catch the next flight or not …

  • 3

    Life with interruptions of the 21st century

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    The country side of Nepal had been so good to us, we felt the Buddhist peace in Lumbini, the jungle adventure in Chitwan and the beauty of the top of the world in Pokhara, now we were on our way to the capital of Nepal, everybody had told us, get out as soon as you can, it is noisy, stressful, dirty, and so on. Well, there were still a couple of …

  • 4

    Monkey Business

    8 photos

    Today the weather didn't promise anything good so I used the whole morning for private purposes only; photography and sightseeing are nice and all, but sometimes you just need to take a seat and have a slice of chocolate cake with a caffe macchiato. I usually refuse to have Italian food outside Italy (try local food you donkey) but I was feeling a …

  • 5

    First day of our Peregrine tour

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    Breakfast, coffee… you know!
    A great way to start the day and we were back in our room for 7.30am for a 8.45 meet with Pema and the group. We met them yesterday evening and apart from all being Aussies they are a great bunch of people (sorry if any of you guys ever read this!!!). As i'm writing this a maid knocks on our door to turn …

  • 6

    Holy Moly

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    Hallo iedereen,

    We hebben het gevoel alsof we al twee weken onderweg zijn en we zijn toe aan een rustdagje...
    De eerste dagen hebben we in Kathmandu rondgekeken en zijn we naar Durbar Square geweest. Eigenlijk een groot plein met veel tempels en het voormalige paleis van de koning. Deze laatste is nu omgetoverd tot een raar museum …

  • 7

    Nepal

    80 photos

    We had originally wanted to visit Nepal but decided we wouldn't have enough time only to eventually alter our plans at the last minute in order to do so. We are extremely happy we did and as we only had 5 nights, we would love to come back to Nepal one day and see more of it. Given the limited time we made a rough plan to view as much as we could …

  • 8

    Vibrant, Historic, Chaotic City

    32 photos

    This is now my 3rd time here but first chance to explore. I'm staying in Thamel which is the main tourist area and is filled with shops selling woolly hats, scarves, jumpers etc for the hills. Millions of felt items, prayer flags, maps, postcards, book shops, tea shops and lots of western restaurants and cafes... What a choice after a month of …

Related BlogsPashupatinath (Temple of Living Beings) Kathmandu

  • 1

    One big black Aeroplane and Nepal

    30 photos

    ... We visited Durbar Square, an area filled with some stunning architecture, temples, cows and locals selling their wares.  Pashupatinath temple was an eyeopener for us, we decided to find our own way there without another tourist in sight, through ...

  • 2

    first impressions of Nepal

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    ... takes only 5 minutes. Before we know it, we are in a taxi riding towards the Ambassador hotel. This is my first trip to Nepal. Kathmandu is a strange fifteen minutes ahead in time of Delhi and perhaps it is true to say that this is true not just in ...

  • 3

    Catching up in Kathmandu

    14 photos

    ... taking it all in. Then we took a 20 minute walk down a narrow track to get to our next port of call - Pashupatinath.  This is a collection of temples along the Bagmati river.  We were not allowed into the temple as it is for ...

  • 4

    Tales of Three Cities

    56 photos

    ... wife would jump into the flames and die with him. In honor of these women, fifteen shivalaya were built overlooking Pashupatinath. Now, without a husband, the beggar was considered an outcaste and her Brahmin friends would no longer support her and ...

  • 5

    Kathmandu...eventually!

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    You know what they say about the best laid plans... I did not bed down as anticipated in Kathmandu on Sunday. Border formalities completed, I learned that buses north had been temporarily suspended due to landslides caused by an over-excited monsoon. ...

  • 6

    Volunteering report #2

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    ... also get to go on a couple of excursions, to Boudanath - the world's largest Stupa (a type of Buddhist temple);  Pashupatinath, an important Hindu temple; Swayambounath, a Buddhist temple on a hill, accessed by 365 steps representing the days of the ...

  • 7

    Gurus, Tulkus, and the Definitive Meaning

    38 photos

    ... and brown, circumambulated Boudha, and participated in puja ceremonies. Our taxi came to a standstill in traffic on the way to Pashupatinath, giving a beggar plenty of time to show us the dead rat he was going to eat for dinner. Kevin, who was ...

  • 8

    A quick jaunt around Nepal

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    ... We spent a week in Kathmandu and the surrounding valley, where we witnessed an incredible Hindu ritual taking place at the Pashupatinath temple complex next to the holy Bagmati River. While only Hindus are allowed within the temple, we were permitted to ...

  • 9

    Stoned Sadhus and Burning Bodies - Pashupatinath

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    ... arrived in Nepal, it was the Hindu festival of Shivaratri ("Night of Shiva"). This was being held at Pashupatinath, the most sacred Shiva temple in Nepal. Over a million people were expected to attend the ceremony, and on the surrounding streets it ...

  • 10

    Long and lazy with more food

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    ... round the corner was - DURBAR SQUARE!!! We'd made it! The buildings were again similar to the other Durbar Squares. The Pashupatinath Temple had the most erotic carvings on the support beams I've ever seen. Very energetic and flexible! It was ...