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Charity Home In Muktinath
BY KTM Metro Reporter
June 22, 2010: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood has opened the charity home called Dharmashala newly constructed with the assistance of Rs 30 million received from the Government of India under the India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Program (INECP) on the premises of the temple to Muktinath in the Mustang district on Sunday, June 20, 2010 according to the Himalayan Times of June 21, 2010. The charity home is for providing the pilgrims with lodging gratis.
Muktinath sounds like the name of Lord Shiva but it is actually the name of Lord Vishnu. Every year thousands of Nepalese and Indian Hindus visit the deity during July and August when the climate at an altitude of 14,000 in the Muktinath area is tolerable to the people used to live in the tropical climate.
Previously, pilgrims either need to fly from Pokhara to Jomson and then walk to Muktinath for a day or walk from Pokhara to Muktinath for about a week. Now, pilgrims could take a bus from Pokhara to Baglung and then walk for about two days to reach Muktinath.
On the day called janai purnima held usually in July every year, both Hindu and Buddhist religious festivals are held. Hindus visit this area for celebrating the festival of annual change of their sacred thread while the Buddhists celebrate the annual end-of-summer festival.
Currently, many well-equipped lodges and well-run restaurants are available on the way from Baglung to Muktinath. So, pilgrims have less problems of visiting this religious but very difficult area.
