Lingam
of Shiva
Lingam,
a stylized union of male and female genitals, outside a temple of Shiva near
Kumbeshwar Square, Patan.
It is hard to travel very far in lowland Nepal without coming across a lingam
like this, almost always covered with powders and dried flowers offered by the
devout.
Perhaps the most striking difference between life in the West and life in Nepal
is the degree to which religious observance is a daily, public, constant matter
of course.
