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A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, February 24, 2017. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)

A Hindu holy man smokes marijuana at the courtyard of the Pashupatinath temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, February 24, 2017. Shivaratri, or the night of Shiva, is dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)



Light illuminates a Hindu holy man, or sadhu, as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

Light illuminates a Hindu holy man, or sadhu, as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, smeared with ashes is pictured as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, smeared with ashes is pictured as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A musical instrument is pictured on the feet of a Hindu holy man, or sadhu, as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A musical instrument is pictured on the feet of a Hindu holy man, or sadhu, as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, paints Lord Shiva on the ÒshaligramÓ stone as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, paints Lord Shiva on the ÒshaligramÓ stone as he sits at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, arranges his hair at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, arranges his hair at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, blows a conch at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, blows a conch at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, applies tika on his forehead at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, applies tika on his forehead at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, offers prayers on a human skull at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, offers prayers on a human skull at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple during the Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 24, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A Hindu devotee pours milk over a Shivling (a symbol of Lord Shiva) outside a temple during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee pours milk over a Shivling (a symbol of Lord Shiva) outside a temple during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A Hindu devotee touches the wall of a temple as she offers prayers during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee touches the wall of a temple as she offers prayers during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Hindu devotees queue outside a temple with their offerings during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Hindu devotees queue outside a temple with their offerings during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



Hindu devotees gather inside a temple with their offerings during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Hindu devotees gather inside a temple with their offerings during the Maha Shivaratri festival in Kolkata, India February 24, 2017. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, (C) sings and dances at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple on the eve of Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 23, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Hindu holy man, or sadhu, (C) sings and dances at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple on the eve of Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal February 23, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)



A man dressed as Hindu Lord Shiva performs during a religious procession ahead of the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri, in Jammu February 23, 2017. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)

A man dressed as Hindu Lord Shiva performs during a religious procession ahead of the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri, in Jammu February 23, 2017. (Photo by Mukesh Gupta/Reuters)



A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) combs his beard at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)

A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) combs his beard at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)



A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) stretches his beard out at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)

A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) stretches his beard out at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)



A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes a traditional clay pipe chillum as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)

A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes a traditional clay pipe chillum as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)



Nepalese Hindu devotees sit near the Pashupatinath temple on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)

Nepalese Hindu devotees sit near the Pashupatinath temple on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri in Kathmandu on February 23, 2017. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)



A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Febuary 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)

A Nepalese Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, as a holy offering to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu on Febuary 23, 2017, on the eve of the Hindu festival Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)



A sadhu, or holy man, smokes marijuana from a clay pipe at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 February 2017, during celebrations marking the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

A sadhu, or holy man, smokes marijuana from a clay pipe at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 February 2017, during celebrations marking the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)



A sadhu, or holy man, wraps his hair around his head at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 February 2017, during celebrations marking the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri. More than 100,000 Hindu devotees, including Sadhus from across the country and neighboring India, are worshipping at the Pashupati temple to celebrate the birthday of Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)

A sadhu, or holy man, wraps his hair around his head at the Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 February 2017, during celebrations marking the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri. More than 100,000 Hindu devotees, including Sadhus from across the country and neighboring India, are worshipping at the Pashupati temple to celebrate the birthday of Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)
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