Kumari (living goddess) at the Bhoto Jatra festival

Wiki can explain better than I can:

 "Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in South Asian countries. Kumari literally means virgin in Sanskrit, Nepali and other Indian languages and is a name of the goddess Durga as a child.^[1] In Nepal a Kumari is aprepubescent girl selected from the Shakya clan of the Nepalese Newari community. The Kumari is revered and worshiped by some of the country's Hindus as well as the Nepali Buddhists, though not the Tibetan Buddhists.  A Kumari is believed to be the bodily incarnation of the goddess Taleju (the Nepalese name for Durga) until she menstruates, after which it is believed that the goddess vacates her body

My day at Boudhanath transitioned from a relaxing afternoon of photographing colorful prayer flags and the holy stupa to snapping off a few frames of a demonstration before my battery died.  The mini protest regarded the inhumane treatment of Tibetans in China.  I was astonished to witness the contrast between the peaceful people praying relentlessly and spinning prayer wheels and the angry police officers and hostility that suddenly arose when the candle-lit demonstration began.  As you can see below, the weather changed accordingly and dark clouds appropriately announced the buddhists' anger.

Terrific Traffic: Mobile Mayhem in KTM

 One of my favorite shots of the trip so far

Public cremations at Pashupatinath.

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