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    Festival to Shiva

    Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival, which falls on March 10. Celebrated by Hindu devotees all over the world, Shivaratri is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and holy men mark the occasion by praying, smoking or smearing their bodies with ashes.

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    1. Ash-encrusted hands of a sadhu are seen as he sits beside a fire after applying ashes to his face and body at his ashram on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    2. Hindu sadhu applies paint to his forehead at his ashram on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    3. A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, applies ashes on his body at his ashram at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    4. Paint is seen on a hand of a sadhu, as he applies it to his forehead and body at his ashram on the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    5. Hindu sadhu is reflected in a mirror as he applies paint to his forehead at his ashram at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    6. A sadhu dries his hair after a bath outside his ashram on the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    7. Hindu sadhu brushes his teeth at an ashram at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    8. Pashupatinath Temple is pictured in this general view taken in the early morning in Kathmandu
    9. Hindu sadhu smokes marijuana on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu
    10. A sadhu walks out from his ashram at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu

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