A shrine at about 3,800 m above the Kali Gandaki, held sacred by Hindus as Mukti Kshetra, one of the great Vishnu places (the deities are 'considered to have self-manifested'), counted among the 108 Divya Desams and the Shakta pithas, and by Tibetan Buddhists as Chumig Gyatsa, the 'hundred waters', a manifestation of Avalokiteshvara where Padmasambhava is said to have meditated.
Natural gas burns at the adjacent Jwala Mai shrine. Pilgrims from the plain come this far up the trench and turn round, so the salt road and the pilgrim road are the same road (the campaign board). No date for its founding is given on the page. The Alvars' verses (seventh to ninth century) are cited in the Vaishnava tradition.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not named
- Title
- The keepers of the shrine
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Muktinath page gives no kings, inscriptions or administrators and says nothing of the twelfth or thirteenth century.
How things stand that morning
Open in the dry months.
Wealth
Offerings.
Military
No army is recorded and no number is known.
Patron
Pilgrims; no patron named.
Places of note
- Muktinath: The shrine.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One page, with little history.
On the map: A point.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.