Patinath Sivatri Festival with Sadhus perfoming rites

Crippled Sadhu / Holy Man begging

Sadhu / Holy Man sitting by a statue of Ganesh

Durbar Square butchers with display of goods and people at a window above

A woman wearing a red sari walking through ornate Gateway towards Bodhnath Buddhist Stupa.

Tibetan families and monks of the Gelug pa sect walking around the Bodhanath stupa during New year festivities. Lines of prayer flags overhead.

Women making offerings at the Kala Bhairab or black Shiva in Durbar Square representing the fearsome Tantric form of Shiva in Nepal.

Woman making offerings at the Kala Bhairab or black Shiva in Durbar Square representing the fearsome Tantric form of Shiva in Nepal.

Statue of Ganesh covered in red powder on the side of the Godavari Kunda sacred spring.

Buddhist stupa hung with prayer flags in temple complex.

Tibetans hanging the stupa with prayer flags for new year celebrations.

Detail of Buddha statue anointed with pink powder.