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At 3,710 metres in Mustang, a natural-gas flame burns beside a glacial spring that has never run dry — one of the only shrines in the Himalaya…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 23, 2026
At 3,710 metres in Nepal's Mustang district, a stone shrine holds something that should not exist: a flame that has burned for generations directly beside a natural spring, fire and water sharing the same small chamber without ever putting each other out. The…
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Walk the temple steps on any morning during pilgrimage season and you'll see Hindu sadhus and Tibetan Buddhist monks climbing the same stone stairs, bathing under the same 108 spouts, and lighting butter lamps in front of the same flame. It's one of the very…
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What this means for you Muktinath isn't a detour that needs a separate trip — it sits directly on two of Nepal's classic routes. Trekkers crossing Thorong La on the Annapurna Circuit descend straight into it from the Manang side; trekkers flying into Jomsom…
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