Pashupatinath

Be sure to visit Pashupatinath to witness numerous funeral rituals taking place along the Bagmati River in Kathmandu.  The Bagmati is considered holy as it eventually flows to the Ganges.  Pursuant to Hindu religious custom, the bodies of loved ones are cremated on the cement platforms called "ghats" located along the river and their ashes are pushed into the river to flow to the Ganges guaranteeing release from the cycle of rebirth.