Muktinath

Muktinath is the famous pilgrimage site for both Buddhists and Hindus. To the Hindus, Muktinath is sacred as the place of salvation. They believe that to wash in the waters here guarantees salvation after death. The Hindu god, Brahma is thought to have lit the eternal flames that still burn at Muktinath. TO the Buddhists it is a place that the great sage Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) meditated at, and to all, it is source of fossilized ammonites, known locally as shaligrams, that are found all along the upper reaches of the Kali Gandaki.