POV3594396: Inside of shrine with large spinning prayer wheel lit by butter lamps at night, Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594423: Young Nepali girl tending to trays of lit butter lamps at night, Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594425: Buddhist monks gathered at the Boudhanath Stupa for a special puja, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594428: Boudhanath Stupa, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594434: Buddhist monks chanting from traditional sutra scriptures during a puja at the Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PPH3556091: Natural History Museum Kensington London (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594442: Shiva lingam shrine in the Kirateshwar Mahadev Mandir Hindu temple with the 'OM' syllable inscribed, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594443: Ornately carved colourful old door in the Kirateshwar Mahadev Mandir Hindu temple with the 'OM' syllable daubed above, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594444: Priest chanting and reading in the Kirateshwar Mahadev Mandir Hindu temple, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594455: Pashupatinath (the most revered Hindu temple complex in Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594462: Sadhu in the entrance to a small Shiva shrine, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594464: Sadhu at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594466: Two Sadhus making hand mudras sitting in entrance to small Shiva shrine behind large bell, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594470: Tibetan Buddhist monk playing a large frame drum during a puja, Shechen Monastery, Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594475: Top of Boudhanath Stupa at night, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594486: Enthronement celebrations of boy tulku Thubten Rigsel Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhism, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594494: Tibetan Buddhist nuns, monks and novices sitting shoulder to shoulder in monastery courtyard Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594495: Monks & guests lining up to pay their respects during the Enthronement celebrations of Thubten Rigsel Rinpoche, in main Dharma Hall of monastery Tibetan Buddhism, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594496: Monk in red robes ascending marble spiral staircase in Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594501: Tibetan Buddhist boy novices crowding monastery roof around an 8-spoke Dharmachakra (Dharma Wheel) and deer sculptures, Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594504: Buddhist monks at the Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594505: Ekai Kawaguchi memorial plaque celebrating the first Japanese visitor to Nepal (1899), Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594507: Graffiti-covered exterior wall of 12th century Buddhist temple with Saraswati (Hindu) and Buddha statues, Yetkha Bahal courtyard, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594508: Entrance to 12th century Buddhist temple flanked by two Snow Lion sculptures, graffiti, Yetkha Bahal courtyard, Kathmandu, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594514: Simple small wayside Hindu Ganesh shrine with two bells on base of tree, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594518: World Peace Stupa with a panoramic view of the Himalayan Annapurna Range, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594524: Machhapuchhre (aka. Fishtail Mountain) in the Annapurna Himalayas, seen from Ananda Hill, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594526: Paragliders in front of snow-clad Machhapuchhre (aka. Fishtail Mountain) in the Annapurna Himalayas, seen from Ananda Hill, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594530: Colourful boats moored on Phewa Lake in Himalayan foothills, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594532: Terraced fields and farms on steep slope in Himalayan subsistence farming landscape, Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594536: Terraced fields and farms on steep slope in Himalayan subsistence farming landscape, Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594539: Arm and leg of a man sleeping in a stupor in a roadside doorway, Purano Bazaar, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594556: Bells and ribbons in Hindu/Buddhist temple arch, Tal Barahi Temple dedicated to Hindu goddess Durga, Phewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594557: Colourful ribbons tied around a small bronze head in Tal Barahi Temple dedicated to Hindu goddess Durga, Phewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594563: Two Indian Crow aka. House Crow (Corvus splendens) feeding on carrion (dead pigeon), Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images

POV3594569: Customers in urban fresh vegetable and fruit shop, outlet for some organic produce from rural agricultural cooperative, Pokhara, Nepal (photo) / Bridgeman Images