Muktinath Attractions 
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Muktinath
A renowned pilgrim site, Muktinath is located in the heart of the Himalayas in the northern region of Mustang. Sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike its shrines are perched on a mountain ridge 3700 m (12,143 ft) and 3980 m (13,062 ft) above sea level.
In Hindu tradition Muktinath is known as Muktichhetra ("Place of Salvation"). Here Brahma lit fire upon water and reconciled the contradictory elements thereby. An eternal flame still burns, reputedly sustained by nothing more than water, stone and earth. Muktinath became hallowed ground for Buddhists when Guru Rinpoche, passing through on his journey to Tibet, left a footprint in the rock. The 84 siddhas dropped their wooden staffs, which grew into a poplar grove, a miracle in an otherwise treeless land.
Muktinath has been a place of pilgrimage for more than 2000 years. It appears in the Mahabharata epic as Shaligrama ("Place of the Schaligrams"), a reference to the black fossils found in the Kali Gandaki Valley.
A renowned pilgrim site, Muktinath is located in the heart of the Himalayas in the northern region of Mustang. Sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike its shrines are perched on a mountain ridge 3700 m (12,143 ft) and 3980 m (13,062 ft) above sea level.
In Hindu tradition Muktinath is known as Muktichhetra ("Place of Salvation"). Here Brahma lit fire upon water and reconciled the contradictory elements thereby. An eternal flame still burns, reputedly sustained by nothing more than water, stone and earth. Muktinath became hallowed ground for Buddhists when Guru Rinpoche, passing through on his journey to Tibet, left a footprint in the rock. The 84 siddhas dropped their wooden staffs, which grew into a poplar grove, a miracle in an otherwise treeless land.
Muktinath has been a place of pilgrimage for more than 2000 years. It appears in the Mahabharata epic as Shaligrama ("Place of the Schaligrams"), a reference to the black fossils found in the Kali Gandaki Valley.
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