View of a temple lit with lamps
Hands on an open book
Two girls in a grain field
A temple spire framed by prayer flags
Monks in traditional dress with drums
Buddhist monks blowing horns
A panorama of mountain peaks
Monks inside a temple with butter lamps
Close-up of a man’s painted face
Festival participants in traditional dress
A man spinning a colorful wheel
A hiker dwarfed by snowy mountains
Village women in a rustic kitchen
A hiker and spiritualist
A woman descending temple steps
1 of 15
Boudhanath Temple, Kathmandu
In Kathmandu, the devout light oil lamps at Boudhanath, a stupa patterned on a mandala design. Buddhists walk around the sacred monuments clockwise, the same direction a prayer wheel spins.
Photograph by Alison Wright

Nepal Photos

See photos of Nepal (including Kathmandu, the Himalaya, Mustang, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

March 03, 2010

FREE BONUS ISSUE

Go Further