STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

HIMALAYA: KATHMANDU

"The wildest dreams of Kew 

Are the facts of Kathmandu" 

Rudyard Kipling 

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  • The great stupa at Bodnath, lit up with thousands of butter lamps at dusk during the festival of Mani RimduNikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • The great stupa at Bodnath, lit up with thousands of butter lamps at dusk during the festival of Mani RimduBronica ETRSi, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Against an azure sky, prayer flags flutter in the breeze at BodnathNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A lama chanting for alms at the entrance to the giant stupaNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A Buddhist nun chanting for alms at the entrance to the great stupaNikon FM2, 50mm, Fujis Velvia
  • A Tibetan stallholder sits spinning his prayer wheel and chanting the mantra om mani padme hum Nikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A woman lighting butter lamps in a Buddhist templeNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A Tibetan shopfitter taking a breakNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Young monks lighting butter lamps during the Mani Rimdu festivalNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Chanting for almsNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • In the main square at BodnathNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • As the sun sets, hundreds of pilgrims emerge from their lodgings in adjacent monasteries to continue their circumambulations or koras of the great stupa. At festival time this spectacle can be quite intense...Nikon FM2, 40mm, Fujis Velvia
  • Tibetans in the shuffling, unidirectional flow of humanity that incessantly circles the great stupa.Nikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Who says lamas can't look sharp?Nikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A guardian diety at Bodnath stupaNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • At daw, before the hordes of tourists have risen from their beds, the ordinary folk of Kathmandu are out buying provisions from countless tiny markets city-wide. Much produce is grown in the immediate vicinty of the city and carried into the centre for sale every morning by the producers.Nikon FM2, 50mm, Vuji Velvia
  • Women making their puja (prayers) during the Hindu festival of TeejNikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Queuing to make puja at a tiny shrine in Durbar SquareNikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • One of several world famous saddhus who make a very good living posing for tourists in Kathmandu's Durbar SquareBronica ETRSi, 150mm, Fuji Velvia
  • This cheerful saddhu lives on the mountain ridge that encloses the northern rim of the Kathmandu valleyNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A Hundu saddhu plays a hypnotic lament on his flute at Pashupatinath, KathmanduNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A saddhu fires up his chillum on the banks of the Bagmati river at Pasupatinath, KathmanduNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Pashupatinath, KathmanduNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Two splendidly coifured babas at Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu
  • At Pashupatinath, KathmanduNikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • A saddhu (holy man) in Durbar Square, BakhtapurNikon FM2, 24mm, Fuji Velvia
  • Pashupatinath is where many Hindu Nepalis seek to be cremated. The burning ghats are right outside the main temple complex.Nikon FM2, 50mm, Fuji Velvia
  • An interior detail of this fabulous templeCanon A1, 28mm, Kodachrome
  • Canon A1, 50mm, Kodachrome
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  • Boarding a flight to LuklaNikon D300, 17-35mm
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