I don't take it at its face value as the kind of skeptic I am. It could very well be a hoax. That said, I could only echo the views expressed by Karmapa. If nothing else, it offers the country a much needed distraction from ever growing tension from the Maoists, and a respite from the talks of discredited politicians' activities. A peaceful gathering and, like Karmapa said, a flurry of economic activities for and by locals that the government would not even think of doing it to this literally god forsaken remote place inhabited by the people whom our government has forgotten a long long time back. If a faith is a corrupt practice, blind or not blind, of the sort in vogue in Nepal with the direct support from the ruling hands, the first thing the government ought to do is to crack down on the pujaris and workings of the Pashupatinath and unmask the corruption, and then, in the name of public hygiene, clean up the contaminated water flowing by the side of the temple. Even if one is to take it in an aesthetic value, I have only praises for the teenager boy meditating all day. It should offer a good model to the children of those corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and power that be, whose aim is to go to a western country. Nothing wrong with it, but do it with hard earned money and do it in a fair way. I am sure those who have come through this route will jump in here. A bit of digression but a peaceful meditation does not hurt and more so if it is helping the people, let it be so.