(a) What kind of atmosphere prevails outside the Pashupatinath temple, and why?
(b) What happens when a princess of the Nepalese royal house appears there?
(c) Find out the words /phrases from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) make known publicly. (ii) complete chaos.
(a) There is an atmosphere of utter confusion outside the Pashupatinath temple because there is a huge crowd.
(b) When a princess of the Nepalese royal house appears there, people bow and make way for her.
(c) (i) proclaim.
(ii) febrile confusion.
(a) What is the atmosphere inside the Buddhist shrine?
(b) Where do the small shops stand?
(c) What do you understand by ‘a haven of quietness’?
(a) What type of place is Kathmandu, according to the writer?
(b) Mention some of the things that one can buy in Kathmandu bazar.
(c) Find a word from the passage which means ‘clear’.
(i) Who fights at the temple and how?
(ii) How is the river Bagmati used by the people there?
(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean the same as –
(a) dried, (b) emerges.
India is a holy land with many temples. Based on your reading of the story, write a paragraph describing your visit to a temple.
