Bodhnath

Photographs taken in Bodhnath near Kathmandu, Nepal

Prayer flags

Prayer flags and detail of stupa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Elephant statues

Figures mounted on elephants

Kathmandu, Nepal

Bodhnath stupa

View of main stupa at Bodhnath

Kathmandu, Nepal

Stupa and painters

Repainting the main stupa at Bodhnath

Kathmandu, Nepal

Bucket brigade

Carrying whitewash up the dome of the stupa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Throwing paint

Throwing yellow paint onto the dome of the stupa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Flags in the wind

Upper part of the stupa with prayer flags

Kathmandu, Nepal

Engraved bell

Large bell outside a Tibetan gompa

Kathmandu, Nepal

Tibetan woman

Woman in Tibetan costume turning prayer wheels

Kathmandu, Nepal

Newspaper reader

Woman reading newspaper among prayer flags

Kathmandu, Nepal