Ancient monastery renovated

Myagdi / Oct 24: The Narsing Gumba, a 1,250 years old monastery at Muktinath, Baragung Muktikshetra rural municipality-1 in Mustang district, has been renovated.

The Buddhist monastery was renovated at a cost of Rs 28.5 million, president of the Muktinath Area Development Committee, Hira Bahadur Thakuri (Wangwell Lama), said.

The Department of Archaeology; Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; the then District Development Committee (DDC); the Muktinath Kshetra Development Committee; the local conservation committee, the Water-induced Disaster Management Committee, among others, had provided the grant assistance for the renovation of the monastery.

The devotees have placed the idols of various gods and goddesses inside the monastery.

The ancient stone and mud monastery, although repaired few years back, had started leaking and its walls had become wobbly. The Buddhist preacher Rimpochhe is credited for constructing this monastery at Muktinath, a common pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. RSS