Pashupatinath Video – Evening Rituals at Nepal’s Holiest Temple

In this short Pashupatinath video you see the evening rituals at Nepal’s most important Shiva temple. Priests perform Aarti beside the Bagmati River while devotees, sadhus and families gather in one of Kathmandu’s most intense spiritual places.

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What you see in this Pashupatinath video

• The evening Aarti at Pashupatinath Temple, with priests circling sacred flames and chanting mantras by the Bagmati River.
• Devotees standing in reverence, sadhus in meditation or ecstatic dance, and the powerful sound of bells and music.
• Funeral pyres burning along the riverside ghats, where families perform last rites in the hope of liberation for the soul.
• The striking contrast of celebration and mourning that makes Pashupatinath such a unique spiritual experience in Kathmandu.

If you would like to witness these rituals with a local expert, join our guided tour: Pashupatinath and Boudhanath Walking Tour .

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