Katmandu

27.6941° N, 85.2883° E, 66 photos

Spot 01

Katmandu

27.6941° N, 85.2883° E, 66 photos

Motorbikes idle at a junction with helmeted riders; at right, an elderly passenger in a green and gold shawl and patterned top, a red brick building behind.

Motorbikes waiting at the junction

Multi-tiered Nepali temple with red and yellow fringed eaves, carved timber and brick walls under a blue sky; metal pole and brick building at left.

Pagoda with red-yellow eaves

Close-up of folded dumplings in a orange-red sauce, garnished with green coriander leaves, with a shallow depth of field.

Momo in sauce, fresh coriander

Orange flames rise from a wooden pyre on a stone platform; four people stand before a white building, with red brick walls and stone steps behind.

Funeral pyre on stone platform

A wood fire burning outdoors with rising smoke; men sit on the left and stand on the right, before a red brick wall with carved wooden arches.

Waiting beside the pyre

A wood fire burns on a stone platform; two men in white stand at the center, onlookers sit on steps behind, orange marigold garlands in front.

White robes beside the fire

Smoke rises from a straw-covered wood pyre burning on a stone platform, with orange marigold garlands along its edge and a masked man in a grey hoodie seated at left.

Pyre on a stone platform

Multi-tiered pagoda temple with a gilded pinnacle and copper roofs among trees; a fire burns at lower left, a blue truck loaded with hay at right.

Pashupatinath in low light

A man in a blue cap and face mask prods a burning woodpile on a stone platform with a long pole, in front of a white building with barred windows.

Beside the funeral fire

A bald man in white robes pours water onto a stone platform, raising steam, while men stand watching in front of a brick wall.

Milk and steam on stone

A bier covered in orange marigold garlands and red cloth is lowered onto a stack of thick wooden logs, surrounded by men gathered close.

Orange garlands, stacked logs

Men drape orange flower garlands over stacked wood on a stone platform, while masked onlookers stand and sit beneath white arches behind them.

Marigold garlands over the pyre

A long-bearded sadhu in a red turban and painted face sits with one hand raised, beads around his neck, a marigold-topped trident beside him.

Sadhu against a white wall

A bearded sadhu in a red turban and painted face sits before a weathered white wall, orange inscribed cloth across his lap, a flower-tipped trident beside him.

Sadhu against a white wall

On a stone platform lined with orange marigold garlands, men in white cloth tend a body wrapped in red and orange on a woodpile, as a crowd looks on.

A farewell among garlands

Stacked logs on a stone platform with orange marigold garlands in front; a man in a striped shirt tends the wood while onlookers sit and stand behind.

Marigolds and a wooden pyre

A body wrapped in white cloth lies on stone steps, three men bending over it, with orange flower petals and red pigment marks around.

White shroud on stone steps

A person wrapped in white cloth with only the face uncovered, two men leaning over, on dark stone strewn with orange petals and red powder.

Last rites in white cloth

A brown-furred macaque with a pale chest sits on a sloping grey stone wall against a blurred green forest, its head turned left.

Rhesus macaque on a stone wall

Two adult macaques and a baby sit together on a grey stone wall, with blurred red brick buildings in the background.

Macaque family on the wall

A burning pyre of wood and straw on a stone platform, edged with orange marigold garlands, with masked people and rising smoke beneath arches behind.

Marigolds and fire

A crowd in colorful clothes lined along a red brick bridge wall with a whitewashed top; a small shrine with lit oil lamps sits at upper right.

Crowd along the bridge wall

Orange marigold garlands drape a stone platform and stacked wood under a tin roof; two men lean in to adjust them, with a brick building and passersby behind.

Marigolds on a stone platform

Orange-painted monkey-faced statue draped in a patterned cloth, with colorful paper flags on the left and two dark carved windows in a white wall behind.

Orange Hanuman statue

People walking along a low brick wall at dusk; two women with glasses in front, tiered-roof brick buildings and lit lamps behind them.

Evening walk beneath pagoda roofs

At night, people sit on a stone ledge before a brick wall; a man in a yellow robe and cap stands at center, a black dog walking before him.

Waiting on stone steps, night

Three priests in red and maroon robes stand behind altar tables draped in red cloth; the one on the right holds a conch shell, a crowd watching behind.

Three priests, evening ritual

Three men in red tunics and sashes raise conch shells to their mouths at night, with smoke and a blurred crowd below.

Three men, conch shells

Priests in maroon robes raise incense sticks as a crowd watches behind them; marigolds and a small flame sit on a red-draped table in front.

Incense smoke at evening ritual

At night, two priests in red robes face away holding incense; in front of them a woman in a blue cardigan clasps her hands, with a phone-holding crowd around.

Incense and prayer, evening ritual

An older man in a red knit beanie and grey zip jacket sits among weeds at night, with a rusty scaffold and two blurred figures behind him.

Man in a red beanie, night

A pale, stony trail winding through dense green forest, with sunlight filtering through the leaves and falling in patches across the path.

Stony path through the forest

A winding dirt road covered in dry leaves, with slender trees on the left and a green slope of ferns rising on the right.

Leaf-covered forest road

A thin white waterfall runs down a dark rock face in dense rainforest, framed by hanging vines, deep green leaves and a tree trunk at left.

Waterfall through hanging vines

A long, pale lilac tubular flower rises above green buds against a soft, blurred green background, with thin stems and more buds around it.

Lilac bloom in the shade

Clusters of pale pink flowers bloom in front of an old lichen-covered tree trunk, surrounded by blurred dark green foliage in dim forest light.

Pink blossoms before the trunk

A yellow and black striped spider sits in the middle of a large sunlit web, with a softly blurred green and blue background.

Spider at the web's center

A cluster of small pink flowers with yellow centers among dark green leaves, set against a softly blurred green background.

Pink cluster in the green

Moss-covered stone steps scattered with dry leaves climb a green hillside, framed by ferns, a mossy tree trunk, and a small water pipe at lower left.

Mossy steps through the forest

Through dark tree branches, a hazy valley with scattered buildings below and a blue-toned mountain ridge behind, under a pale, thinly clouded sky.

A distant city in valley haze

A small Buddhist stupa with yellow arches and a gilded spire on a white base, set against a water tank, solar heater, trees and scattered planks.

Small stupa, water tank

Three young monks in maroon robes walk along a gravel path; the middle one smiles back, with a white stupa base at left and pink flowers behind.

Young monks beside the stupa

An elderly monk in a maroon robe with a yellow inner layer walks with a cane across a sunlit lawn, pink roof tiles and rose bushes behind.

A blurred monk in the garden

A brown-grey macaque sits on a stone ledge before dry grass, holding a piece of chocolate; purple-flowered shrubs grow at right.

Rhesus macaque with a chocolate bar

An adult macaque sits on a concrete ledge with its infant pressed against its legs, set against dry grass and bare earth in warm brown and grey tones.

Mother and infant on a ledge

Three young monks in maroon robes on a sunlit paved path: one walking, one turned aside, one seated against a wall, with forested hills and more monks behind.

Three young monks in red

A young monk in a maroon hooded jacket and robe looks at the camera on a sunlit lawn, with a yellow building and blurred seated figures behind.

Young monk in the courtyard

A shaven-headed boy in a red hooded jacket glances sideways, with a blurred yellow two-storey building and a patch of grass behind him.

Young monk in a red jacket

Close portrait of a shaven-headed child in a crimson hooded jacket, with blurred yellow flags, railings and dry grass behind him.

Young monk in a crimson jacket

Seen from behind, a figure draped head to toe in maroon robes walks across a sunny lawn; a yellow building with figures on the balcony and trees behind.

Monk running under his robe

Monks and children in maroon robes on the balconies and lawn of a yellow three-story building, with rugs and laundry hung along the railings.

Midday break in the monastery yard

A macaque mother sits on a stone ledge before a pale yellow wall, holding her infant close; both are lit by sunlight, her face pink and fur tan.

Mother and infant in a strip of sun

A woman in black with her hair in a bun paints a thangka standing upright by a bright window, using a thin brush, with a larger painting beside her.

Thangka painter by the window

A blue thangka mandala with a black border, lashed to a wooden frame; other thangka paintings and paint pots are visible in the workshop behind.

Mandala on a lashed frame

A square mandala painting with a black border and blue ground, concentric coloured rings around a central square plan, stretched on a string-bound frame.

Mandala on a frame

Four bronze singing bowls lined up on a wooden shelf, each resting on a blue, yellow or purple brocade cushion against a pale wall.

Singing bowls on a shelf

White-domed Boudhanath stupa with Buddha eyes on its golden tower, colorful prayer flags stretching to both sides, a clear blue sky and people walking around.

Boudhanath under a clear blue sky

A painted figure rides a white elephant statue dotted with pigeons, set against a clear blue sky and diagonal strings of multicolored prayer flags.

Elephant statue before prayer flags

White elephant statue decorated with beads and carrying a seated rider, set against a blue sky crossed by colorful prayer flags, with pigeons perched around.

Elephant statue before prayer flags

A soot-darkened niche on a whitewashed wall, smeared with red powder and flanked by brass bells, with the painted Buddha eyes and prayer flags behind.

Red-powdered shrine at Boudhanath

Many bronze bells hang in the niches of a whitewashed stone wall, with colorful prayer flags above and orange petals below.

Bronze bells in white niches

Inside a Tibetan-style temple, a woman in a floral skirt kneels at a carved red table, facing seated monks in orange, beside a large green drum.

Visitor kneeling before the monks

Five white and green snow lion figures line a ledge on a Tibetan-style entrance wall, with cloud murals behind and a gilded bird and floral frieze above.

Five snow lions, painted facade

Tibetan Wheel of Life painting held by the figure of Yama, in turquoise, red and ochre sections, with a carved pink border left and an iron lattice door right.

Wheel of Life, painted wall

A golden seated statue among terracotta pots of orange marigolds in front of a white stupa dome, with black floodlights at the right edge.

Golden statue, white stupa