{"id":12384,"date":"2012-10-25T02:47:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T02:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/?p=12384"},"modified":"2012-10-25T02:47:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T02:47:12","slug":"nepal-bhutan-photo-tour-pashupatinath-patan-bodhnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/nepal-bhutan-photo-tour-pashupatinath-patan-bodhnath\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Bhutan Photo Tour: Pashupatinath, Patan & Bodhnath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pashupatinath, 5\u00a0km north-east of Kathmandu Valley, is one of the most important Hindu temples. It is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrines and one of the subcontinent’s greatest Shiva sites, a sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river.<\/p>\n

We come to Pashupatinath to observe Hindu cremation rituals and to photograph numerous fascinating Sadhus who reside in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

In Hinduism, sadhu means \u201cgood man, holy man\u201d) and denotes an ascetic, wandering monk. The sadhu is solely dedicated to achieving mok\u1e63a (liberation), the fourth and final a\u015brama (stage of life), through meditation and contemplation of brahman. Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolizing their sany\u0101sa (renunciation).<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The group after our photo shoot with the Sadhus<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Yvonne spins a prayer wheel<\/p>\n

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\nBodhnath is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu, located about 11 km from the center and northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu. The stupa’s massive mandala makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal. Bodhnath dominates the skyline. As of 1979, Bodhnath is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Along with Swayambhunath, it is one of the most popular tourist sites in the Kathmandu area.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lauren works a shot of Bodhnath stupa<\/p>\n

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Pashupatinath, 5\u00a0km north-east of Kathmandu Valley, is one of the most important Hindu temples. It is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrines and one of the subcontinent’s greatest Shiva sites, a sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati river. We come to Pashupatinath to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12384"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12494,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12384\/revisions\/12494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}