Festival Hindú Maha Shivratri

A Sadhu smokes marijuana from a clay pipe as a holy offering for Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Hindu Sadhu holy man gestures at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Hindu Sadhu holy man gestures at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Hindu Sadhu holy dressed as Hanuman, the monkey god, gestures at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Hindu Sadhu holy man smears coloured paste onto his face at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Sadhu smokes marijuana from a clay pipe as a holy offering for Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, at the Pashupatinath temple during Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on March 10, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. Hundreds of sadhu arrived in Pashupatinath to take part in the Maha Shivaratri festival. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Sadhu (Hindu holy man) lays near the Pashupatinath Temple on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on March 9, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A sadhu (Hindu holyman) stands on a staff held up by a second Sadhu near the Pashupatinath Temple on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on March 9, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA

A Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes marijuana using a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering for Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple ahead of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on March 8, 2013. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA