Found fossils of marine animals lived in the Tethys Sea || Kali Gandaki Shaligram

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In Mustang and the Kali Gandaki valley where fossils of ammonites are found in large numbers. These marine animals lived in the Tethys Sea, and their shells were preserved in the sediments left behind when the land uplifted and sea retreated. These distinctive fossils with straight or coiled shells, have special religious significance for Hindus as the ammonite (shaligram in Nepali) is one of the many forms of their god Vishnu, and the fossils are often placed in shrines. There are many large ammonite fossils, some as large as 2 m across, in the pilgrimage destination Muktinath (Kali Gandaki Valley) 3600 m (12000 ft) above sea level.

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