Prayers for Nepal

Apr 27, 2015

Prayers for Nepal

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment World earthquake, Kathmandu, Mount Everest, Nepal, vigil

Citizens around the world hold vigils for the victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit outside of Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, April 25. It destroyed swaths of the oldest neighborhoods of Kathmandu, and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan.

: Nepalese students and Chinese students gathering to pray for Nepal in Nanhua University in Hengyang, central China’s Hunan province. International rescue teams and relief supplies began arriving in Nepal’s devastated capital on April 27 to help terrified and homeless survivors of a quake that has killed more than 3,200 people in the impoverished nation. AFP Photo/afp/getty )

: Nepalese students and Chinese students gathering to pray for Nepal in Nanhua University in Hengyang, central China’s Hunan province. International rescue teams and relief supplies began arriving in Nepal’s devastated capital on April 27 to help terrified and homeless survivors of a quake that has killed more than 3,200 people in the impoverished nation. (AFP Photo//afp/getty )

: Hundreds of people gather in Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images).

: Hundreds of people gather in Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

: Hundreds of people gather in Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images).

: Hundreds of people gather in Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

: Hundreds of people gather in Diversity Square to light candles during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images).

: Mourners light candles in Diversity Square during a vigil for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal on April 26, 2015 in the Jackson Heights section of the Queens borough of New York City. A major 7.8 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving thousands dead or trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images).

: Nepalese novice Buddhist monks living at the Bodhgaya Tergar monastary offer prayers for the victims of an earthquake in Nepal at the Bodhgaya Mahabodhi temple in the Indian town of Bodhgaya on April 26, 2015. Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal April 26, 2015, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,300 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu. Terrified residents, many forced to camp out in the capital after the April 25, 2015, quake reduced buildings to rubble, were jolted by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock that compounded the worst disaster to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation in more than 80 years. (AFP Photo/Strstrdel/afp/getty Images )

: Monks bow to a Buddha statue as some 300 Buddhists gather to pray for Nepal earthquake victims in Kaiyuan Temple in Fuzhou, east China’s Fujian province on April 26, 2015. Aid groups and governments worldwide intensified efforts to help earthquake-hit Nepal, but blocked roads, downed power lines and overcrowded hospitals posed formidable challenges in an already poor country. (AFP Photo/P /afp/getty )

: Nepalese novice Buddhist monks who live at the Tergar monastery in the Indian town of Bodhgaya on April 26, 2015 offer prayers for the victims of an earthquake in Nepal. Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal April 26, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,300 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as rescuers dug through rubble in the devastated capital Kathmandu. (AFP Photo/P /afp/getty )

: Indian Dabbawalas – Mumbai’s famous army of lunchbox delivery men – light candles atop a lunchbox before the start of their daily round in Mumbai on April 27, 2015, in memory of the people killed in the devastating earthquake over the weekend in Nepal and India. Tens of thousands of frightened Nepalese huddled in tents desperate for help, two days after a quake killed more than 3,500 people, as international rescue teams with sniffer dogs raced to find survivors buried in the rubble. (AFP Photo/P /indranil )

: Indian Dabbawalas – Mumbai’s famous army of lunchbox delivery men – light candles atop a lunchbox before the start of their daily round in Mumbai on April 27, 2015, in memory of the people killed in the devastating earthquake over the weekend in Nepal and India. Tens of thousands of frightened Nepalese huddled in tents desperate for help, two days after a quake killed more than 3,500 people, as international rescue teams with sniffer dogs raced to find survivors buried in the rubble. (AFP Photo/P /indranil )

: Indian schoolgirls offer prayers for the victims of an earthquake in Nepal at a school in Amritsar on April 27, 2015. Nepalis started fleeing their devastated capital on April 27 after an earthquake killed more than 3,800 people and toppled entire streets, as the United Nations prepared a “massive” aid operation. (AFP Photo/P /narinder )

: Indian muslims offer prayers for victims of Nepal’s earthquake, in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. The earthquake was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. It and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

: Nepalese people living in India’s northeastern Assam state light candles and offer prayers for victims of Saturday’s earthquake in Gauhati, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. The earthquake was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. It and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

: Indian women offer prayers for victims of Nepal’s earthquake, at a temple in Gorkha Nagar in Jammu, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday devastating the region and leaving tens of thousands shell-shocked and sleeping in streets. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

: School children hold candles and offer prayers for victims of Nepal’s earthquake, at a temple in Gorkha Nagar in Jammu, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude earthquake shook Nepal’s capital and the densely populated Kathmandu valley on Saturday devastating the region and leaving tens of thousands shell-shocked and sleeping in streets. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

: Indian students light candles on a pavement as tribute to victims of Nepal’s earthquake, in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Saturday’s earthquake centered outside Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in over 80 years. It destroyed swaths of the oldest neighborhoods of Kathmandu, and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

: Indians light candles on a pavement as tribute to victims of Nepal’s earthquake, in Allahabad, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. The earthquake was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years.(AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

: Exile Tibetans hold photographs showing devastation in Nepal during a candlelit vigil in solidarity with the people affected by the earthquake in Nepal and the border areas of India and China, in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Saturday’s earthquake centered outside Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in over 80 years. It destroyed swaths of the oldest neighborhoods of Kathmandu, and was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

: Samataa Shrestha, 21 months, helps her mom Pragya, center, place a small candle onto a plate as friend Beenu Maharjan does the same during a community gathering and prayer organized by the Nepal Seattle Society at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Bothell, Wash. on Sunday, April 26, 2015. Shrestha and Maharjan are both from Nepal, and say their family members are safe. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times via AP)

: Butter lamp for prayers are displayed for sale near the Boudhanath Stupa two days after the earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. Locals say more people than usual are arriving here to offer prayers for the earthquake victims. The earthquake was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

: Pakistani girls light candles and offer prayers for Nepalese victims of Saturday’s earthquake, in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, April 27, 2015. The earthquake was the worst to hit the South Asian nation in more than 80 years. It was strong enough to be felt all across parts of India, Bangladesh, China’s region of Tibet and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)

: Connecticut’s Nepalese community held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Nepal earthquake on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Hartford, Conn. (Marc-Yves Regis I/Hartford Courant/TNS)

: Krishna Bashyal of West Hartford holds two candles during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Nepal earthquake on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Hartford, Conn. (Marc-Yves Regis I/Hartford Courant/TNS)

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