the morning's newspapers were girijamaya
at noon, one of the three lines of people queuing up to see girija at the stadium, snaked its away beyond the thapathali crossing ..
the starting of the funeral procession
many younger folks had shaved their heads in mourning
some were more creative with their shaved heads
a simrik air helicopter with kantipur crew hovered ahead..
ahh.. guess who's there atop the media van.. the one who knows how to be in view of all cameras!
taking a photo of min taking a photo of us
thought this was someone who had flown long distance to attend the funeral.. turns out she was looking for her hotel!
and then the tide of humanity started flowing
devendra raj pandey and padmadi
the fag end of the procession
an image from kantipur tv of the visuals taken from the helicopter over the spot from where we were watching the procession
the helicopter over pashupati area still hours away before the procession arrived at 7 p.m.
the funeral pyre soon after sujata gave the daag batti (great precedent for nepali society)
tyasailey ma bhanchhu.. uni gaye
