Category: festivals

Shivaratri festival Pashupatinath

Saddhus at the Shivaratri festival at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu Valley.


Saddus meditating at Pashupatinath

Two saddus meditating at Pashupatinath during the yearly Mahashivaratri gathering.


New prayer flags on the occasion of Losar

Two women busy hanging new prayer flags at one of the levels of Boudhanath stupa on the occasion of Losar.


Pashupatinath temple Kathmandu valley

Pashupatinath temple

Pashupatinath temple in the Kathmandu valley, the most important Hindu temple in Nepal, during the Shivaratri festival.

Tihar festival Durbar Square Kathmandu

Tihar festival Durbar Square Kathmandu

Tihar festival Kathmandu

Picture of a Rangoli (beautiful and colourful decoration) at Durbar Square in Kathmandu during the Tihar festival on New Years day.

Bhai Tika Tihar

A Nepali girl giving Tika on the forehead of one of her brothers on the occassion of Bhai tika during the Tihar festival.

Bhai Tika picture

Saddhu on the banks of the holy Bagmati river at Pashupatinath

Picture of a Saddhu on the banks of the holy Bagmati river at Pashupatinath during the Maha Shivaratri festival.


Holi festival, Chir Basantapur, Kathmandu

Hindu women worshiping the Chir Pole erected at Basantapur (Kathmandu) to mark the Fagu Purnima.


Fundraising by singing songs during Tihar festival

Men going door to door and singing songs to collect money for charity during the Tihar festival in the Annapurna Region