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Boudhanath Stupa is surrounded by Buddhist monks, nuns, devotees, and visitors gathered within the busy circular plaza of the sacred religious site in Kathmandu. Young novice monks dressed in bright saffron robes are seated outdoors holding traditional metal alms bowls used for offerings and donations. Buddhist monks and nuns are also seen playing ritual instruments, including the damaru hand drum and drilbu bell, while seated near donation boxes around the temple complex. The plaza is filled with pilgrims, tourists, incense smoke, and ongoing religious activity associated with Tibetan Buddhist practices. Rising clouds of aromatic incense drift through the market square as worshippers walk clockwise around the historic stupa in devotional prayer. The large white dome and gilded spire of Bo
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