Close-up of water spouts at the temple in Muktinath, Nepal
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- September 30, 1984
- Location
- Muktinaath, Nepal
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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Three stone water-spouts at the temple in Muktinath, Nepal. The spouts are carved to portray three different bulls. Pilgrims go to Muktinath to take ablutions under these spouts. Ablutions here are believed to cleanse one’s sins on earth. Pilgrims also go to Muktinath to pay tribute to their ancestors.
The Buddhist name for Muktinath is Chuming-Gyatsa, which means “hundred waters.” The number 108 is considered to be holy by both Buddhists and Hindus.
