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Impact of Climate Change on Shaligrams
August 20 , 2023
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- For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated Shaligrams.
- It is an ancient fossil of ammonites, a class of extinct sea creatures related to modern squids.
- Shaligram stones are viewed primarily as manifestations of the Hindu god Vishnu.
- It is originating from a single remote region in northern Nepal — the Kali Gandaki River Valley of Mustang.
- Climate change, faster glacial melting, and gravel mining in the Kali Gandaki are changing the course of the river.
- Due to this impacts, fewer Shaligrams are only appearing each year.
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