Mass cremations have been taking place next to Pashupatinath , the waterway which divides the Nepalese capital . Plumes of white , acrid smoke were seen floating across Kathmandu as hundreds of bodies were burned in pyres . City 's sacred temple overwhelmed with number of bodies while wood needed to make pyres is starting to run out . Almost every space along the river 's banks is being used for rites , despite hundreds more bodies still being found .
Mass cremations have been taking place next to the Bagmati river , the waterway which divides the Nepalese capital . Plumes of white , acrid smoke were seen floating across Kathmandu as hundreds of bodies were burned in pyres . City 's sacred temple overwhelmed with number of bodies while wood needed to make pyres is starting to run out . Almost every space along the river 's banks is being used for rites , despite hundreds more bodies still being found .