Everest Base Camp Trek Dispatch
October 11, 2011 – Raquel’s Morning Visit to Pashupati
Raquel Coelho is a member of the Berg Adventures Lobuche Climbing Team this season. She is an interior designer from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with a passion for photography and Asia. Today she woke up at 5am and drove with her husband, Denio, to Pashupatinath Temple. Located along the banks of the Bamati River in eastern Kathmandu, it is one of the most significant Hindu temples for Lord Shiva in the world. These images are her vision of the temple.
Left: Reading by the light of dawn; Right: Holy text for morning meditation
Feeling at peace in the temple
Colorful women at work
A saddhu travels to the temple
Tending a funeral pyre
Buddhist and Hindu traditions mingle peacefully in the city of Kathmandu
A monk at work