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Kathmandu, Nepal


by Jeff Greenwald, Sep 16, 2002 | Destinations: Nepal / Kathmandu
Tibetan pilgrim at the Great Stupa at Boudhnath, the spiritual and commercial center of the Tibetan community in the Kathmandu Valley

Tibetan pilgrim at the Great Stupa at Boudhnath, the spiritual and commercial center of the Tibetan community in the Kathmandu Valley

Image © 2002 Jeff Greenwald
Tibetan pilgrim at the Great Stupa at Boudhnath, the spiritual and commercial center of the Tibetan community in the Kathmandu Valley
Pilgrims perform a kora, or ritual circumambulation, around the Great Stupa at Boudhnath, spiritual and commercial center of the Tibetan community in Kathmandu, Nepal
Postcards of the Boudhnath stupa on sale on the kora around the sacred monument, Kathmandu
The eyes of Buddha, which stare toward the four directions from the harnika of the Boudhnath stupa

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