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Nepalese Hindu pilgrims, or Bolboms, during the hours-long procession to worship Lord Shiva at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu. The temple is one of the world's largest Hindu temples of Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. More than 50,000 Hindu devotees from Nepal and India gathered in the holy city Sundarijal, north of Kathmandu, where they collect water claimed to be holy.

Kathmandu, Nepal

( Narendra Shrestha / EPA / August 2, 2010 )

Nepalese Hindu pilgrims, or Bolboms, during the hours-long procession to worship Lord Shiva at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu. The temple is one of the world's largest Hindu temples of Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. More than 50,000 Hindu devotees from Nepal and India gathered in the holy city Sundarijal, north of Kathmandu, where they collect water claimed to be holy.

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