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A Hindu holy man in Kathmandu smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, on March 6, the eve of a festival honoring the god Shiva.
Shiva is one chill deity.
He's one of the three major gods in the Hindu religion. And he has a penchant for pot.
"Shiva loves marijuana. So we come to share Shiva's prasad [offerings] with everyone else," explains a 60-year-old holy man who gives his name as Radhe Baba.
It's the eve of the festival of Shiva Ratri, or "The Night of Shiva" — March 7 this year. The celebration marks the day Shiva saved the universe from darkness and married the goddess Parvati.
Groups of dreadlocked Hindu ascetics sit around small smoky fires puffing on clay pipes at Nepal's holiest Hindu temple. Hundreds of holy men (and some women) have traveled from around Nepal and India to reach the Pashupati temple for the festival....
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