Sadhu Ascetics of Kathmandu Valley
'And the wildest dreams of Kew... are the facts in Kathmandu'.
Rudyard Kipling, 1895
They are known, variously, as sadhu, yogi, fakir and sunyasin. They are the ascetic - and often eccentric - practitioners of an austere form of Hinduism. Sworn to cast off earthly desires, some choose to live as anchorites in the wilderness. Others, however, are of a less retiring disposition, especially in the towns and temples of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley...
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Rudyard Kipling, 1895
They are known, variously, as sadhu, yogi, fakir and sunyasin. They are the ascetic - and often eccentric - practitioners of an austere form of Hinduism. Sworn to cast off earthly desires, some choose to live as anchorites in the wilderness. Others, however, are of a less retiring disposition, especially in the towns and temples of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley...
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