UNIT - 10 - Kathmandu — ENGLISH STD 9 — Question

The holy Bagmati flows below the temple of Pashupatinath. A corpse was being cremated on its banks. Washerwomen were busy washing clothes and children were bathing. From a balcony a basket of flowers and leaves was being dropped into the river. Withered old offerings was also being dropped into the river. There is a small shrine half protruding from the stone platform on the river bank.