Vic Shaw
Senior Member
As promised Paul I shall post the set of pictures that complete the It' More Important.... picture. Looking at them now they are no big deal really and I wish I would have spent a little time on them.
The Entrance. (wasn't really in the set, but hey I'm setting the scene)
The people in Orange are Sadhus, although Holymen some charge you for taking their pictures. I did meet a great pair of Sadhus in Varanisi at 5 in the morning, but thats another story and another couple of photos!
Sadhus are sanyasi, or renunciates, who have left behind all material and sexual attachments and live in caves, forests and temples all over India and Nepal.
Random shots that caught my eye around the complex.
The small stone building each house Shivas Lingum
This guy was watching the bodies being prepared for cremation on the banks of the river, It's a pity I didn't contextualise the shot, but we was sitting about 50' above the river bank.
The view from across the bank, The Temple complex is actually a lot more then cremations, but not being a Hindu you are not allowed in the more sacred parts, even if you said you were a Hindu not being Indian you would not be allowed in.
The Cremations take place all along the bank of the river. there is another site on the south side of the city near Durbar Square that is the poor peoples site. This is much more open, kinda just in a street and it was the only time we got ripped of in Nepal, by a Buddhist of all people( well so he said).
The Bagmati River
It's more Important than that...
Cremations on the Ganges (or Ganga)
Vic
The Entrance. (wasn't really in the set, but hey I'm setting the scene)
The people in Orange are Sadhus, although Holymen some charge you for taking their pictures. I did meet a great pair of Sadhus in Varanisi at 5 in the morning, but thats another story and another couple of photos!
Sadhus are sanyasi, or renunciates, who have left behind all material and sexual attachments and live in caves, forests and temples all over India and Nepal.
Random shots that caught my eye around the complex.
The small stone building each house Shivas Lingum
This guy was watching the bodies being prepared for cremation on the banks of the river, It's a pity I didn't contextualise the shot, but we was sitting about 50' above the river bank.
The view from across the bank, The Temple complex is actually a lot more then cremations, but not being a Hindu you are not allowed in the more sacred parts, even if you said you were a Hindu not being Indian you would not be allowed in.
The Cremations take place all along the bank of the river. there is another site on the south side of the city near Durbar Square that is the poor peoples site. This is much more open, kinda just in a street and it was the only time we got ripped of in Nepal, by a Buddhist of all people( well so he said).
The Bagmati River
It's more Important than that...
Cremations on the Ganges (or Ganga)
Vic
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