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Home People A lone Nepali widow, taken near Pashupatinath Temple. A cremation was taking place. This was where many widows over the centuries would have committed Sati, by throwing themselves on their husbands' b
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A lone Nepali widow, taken near Pashupatinath Temple. A cremation was taking place. This was where many widows over the centuries would have committed Sati, by throwing themselves on their husbands' b

A lone Nepali widow, taken near Pashupatinath Temple. A cremation was taking place. This was where many widows over the centuries would have committed Sati, by throwing themselves on their husbands' burning pyres.

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Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2012
Date Uploaded: 11.2012
Photo Location: Nepal
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Copyright: © Leo Edwards