People have also traditionally collected river water to sprinkle on their homes to purify them. The river is significant to Buddhists, too, many of whom cremate bodies on the Bagmati’s banks.

The polluted Bagmati River flows to an exit point from Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Tainted by garbage and raw sewage that is dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest ...

The polluted Bagmati River flows to an exit point from Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Tainted by garbage and raw sewage that is dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest ...

Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash by: BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press Posted: Aug 16, 2022 / 09:06 PM PDT Updated: Aug 17, 2022 / 12:06 AM PDT ...