Cannabis-smoking ascetics light up Nepal festival

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Cannabis-smoking ascetics light up Nepal festival

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cannabis-smoking-ascetics-light-nepal-festival-110448337.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/FFaJ5WSxcbPHeCd2gjVdjg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-11T110448Z_1_CBRE92A0US300_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-NEPAL-FESTIVAL-ASCETICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A sadhu smokes marijuana on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu" align="left" title="A sadhu smokes marijuana on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu" border="0" /></a>By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Ringed by an endless stream of pilgrims at an ancient temple in Kathmandu, Hindu holy man Mahant Ramnaresh Giri sat naked and puffed on a pipe filled with cannabis, his body smeared with ash as he took part in Nepal's biggest annual religious event. Giri was one of more than a hundred such naked ascetics at the ancient Shivaratri festival, which brings an estimated one million devout Hindus flocking to Kathmandu's Pashupatinath temple each year for rituals to cleanse them of sin and earn a place in heaven. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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