A day with holy men in Pashupatinath

Main entrance gate to the temple

It was a couple of days before Shivaratri and i went for an evening walk to Pashupatinath. As I expected it to be much crowdy so I planned only for a short visit. I never knew that i'd see such amazing things there.

renovating the temple gate for Maha shivaratri

Only Hindus are allowed to enter the temple premises. But, Foreigners and Non- Hindus are allowed to go to the other places outside the temple.

A board Saying only entrance for Hindus.

Then i got out of the temple and walked towards the Bagmati river. I can many people crying performing funeral of their relatives. Then i walked towards Mrigasthali (Popular place for deer) and i saw "babas"(holymen) resting there. As they just came here from India for Maha Shivaratri they were tired.

A holymen  resting down the tree in pashupatinath

Then i walked towards the Ram Mandir(Ram temple) where i saw many Sadhus(holy men) resting down on the floor and taking sun bath. It was really amazing to see such large crowds of "sadhus"there smoking marijuana( also called gaja in Nepali) there.

sadhus resting in Pashupatinath 

Then i came down from the the temple and one man suddenly caught my attention. He was a Holy men but his hair were extremely long. Then i inquired with him and he said he came from India for Maha shivaratri. I asked him about his hair and he said he did not cut his hairs from Fourty five years.

His hairs reach till his feet

And now it was dawn and i headed towards my place remembering all those incident that happened with me today.