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At 3,760 metres in Nepal's Mustang region, natural gas lights a flame beside a spring feeding the same rock — a site sacred to both Hindus and…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
Walk into a small stone shrine beside the Muktinath temple, 3,760 metres up in Nepal's Mustang region, and you'll find something that shouldn't be possible: a flame, burning in open air, fed by natural gas seeping straight out of the rock — right next to a…
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What this means for you Muktinath isn't a detour — it's the natural high point (literally and otherwise) of two of Nepal's most popular routes. It's the classic finish of the Jomsom–Muktinath trek out of Pokhara, and it's the reward on the far side of Thorong…
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