(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.

(i) Two monkeys fight at the temple. They chase one another, jump onto the Shivlinga, run around the temples and down to the river.

(ii) The people used the banks of the holy river Bagmati to cremate the dead bodies. Washerwomen wash the clothes here and children bathe. Old, dried flowers are also dropped into the river.

(iii) (a) dried — wilted.

(b) emerges — protrudes.

(a) There is a peaceful atmosphere inside the Buddhist shrine.

(b) The small shops stand on the outer edge of the road that encircles the white dome of the shrine.

(c) It means a safe place where one can find peace.

(a) According to the writer, Kathmandu is a vivid, mercenary and religious place.

(b) In Kathmandu bazar, one can buy postcards, cosmetics, film rolls, chocolates, copper utensils and Nepalese antiques.

(c) vivid.