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'''Mud''' (also known as '''Mudh''' and '''Muth''') is a small village in the cold desert region of [[Spiti Valley|Spiti]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]. Located at an altitude of {{cvt|3810|m|ft}} on the left bank of the Pin River, a right bank tributary of the [[Spiti River]], the village is nestled at the base of the Parbati range that towers almost vertically {{cvt|1600|m|ft}} above. Mud is near the boundary of the [[Pin Valley National Park]] and is a convenient base for treks in the park, and to the neighbouring districts of Kullu and Kinnaur. It is the last village on the Spiti side of the Pin Parbati trek to [[Kullu Valley|Kullu]] and the Pin Bhaba trek to [[Kinnaur district|Kinnaur]].

Mud became famous among geologists in the 1860s when the Moravian geologist [[Ferdinand Stoliczka]] discovered a major geological formation in the Himalayas that he named the ''Muth Succession'', after Mud. This spurred many geologists to do fieldwork in the Pin Valley. The [[#Geology|Muth Formation]], as it is now known, has a thickness of {{cvt|258-300|m|ft}}. Consisting of white [[quartz arenite]], it is resistant to weathering and readily visible.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Fuchs |first=G. |date=Jun 1982 |title=The Geology of the Pin valley in Spiti, H. P., India |journal=Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt |volume=124 |issue=2 |pages=325–359}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Mudh Tara Up Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7086.jpg|right|thumb|View up the Pin valley from Mud]]

Mud was mentioned by [[Ferdinand Stoliczka]] in a paper in the ''Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India'', 1866. Stoliczka was a Moravian paleontologist who joined the Geological Survey of India in 1862. He made Mud the base for his fieldwork on the geology of the [[Western Himalayas]] and named an important geological rock layer stretching from [[Kashmir]] through [[Spiti District|Spiti]] to [[Nepal]] in the Western Himalayas, calling it the Mudh (Mud) Series.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Stoliczka |first=F. |date=1866 |title=Geological Sections across the Himalayan Mountains from Wangtu Bridge on the River Sutlej to Sungdo on the Indus, with an account of the formations in Spiti, accompanied by a revision of all known fossils from that district |journal=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India |publisher=[[Geological Survey of India]] |volume=V |pages=1–154}}</ref> This remote village at the upper end of the [[Pin Valley National Park|Pin River Valley]], surrounded by inhospitable mountains, thus attained prominence.

Spurred by Stoliczka's publication, other geologists visited Mud for fieldwork during the remainder of the 19th century. These included C. L. Griesbach (1880s), C. Diener (1890s), and H. H. Hayden (1899). Their research and publications confirmed the prominence of Mud in geology. Hayden renamed the Mudh Series to the Mudh Formation, a name that is still in use today.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hayden |first=H.H. |date=1904 |title=The Geology of Spiti, with Parts of Bashahr and Rupshu |journal=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India |publisher=[[Geological Survey of India]] |publication-place=Calcutta |volume=XXXVI, Part I |issue=I |pages=1–129}}</ref> G. Fuchs wrote: "The pioneering work by Stoliczka, Griesbach, Von Krafft, Dlener, and Hayden has made Spiti famous as a classical geological area of the Himalaya, particularly of the Tethys or Tibetan Zone."<ref name=":2" />

After a gap of many decades after Hayden's 1899 visit, in July – September 1978, an Indo-Austrian expedition led by G. Fuchs ([[Geological Survey of Austria]]) and D.K. Bhatt ([[Geological Survey of India]]) did fieldwork on the Mudh Formation in Mud and nearby places.<ref name=":2" /> In 1997–98, Erich Draganits, a PhD student at the [[University of Vienna]] did his fieldwork in Mud.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Draganits |first1=Erich |last2=Braddy |first2=Simon J. |last3=Briggs |first3=Derek E.G. |date=Apr 2001 |title=A Gondwanan Coastal Arthropod Ichnofauna from the Muth Formation (Lower Devonian, Northern India): Paleoenvironment and Tracemaker Behavior |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3515525 |journal=PALAIOS |publisher=[[Society for Sedimentary Geology]] |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=126–147 |doi=10.1669/0883-1351(2001)016<0126:AGCAIF>2.0.CO;2 |jstor=3515525 |bibcode=2001Palai..16..126D |s2cid=54836908 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703095629/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3515525 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Subsequently, Indian geologists Parcha and Pandey from the [[Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology]], [[Dehradun]], visited in about 2011.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Parcha |first1=S.K. |last2=Pandey |first2=Shivani |date=Sep 2011 |title=Devonian Ichnofossils from the Farakah Muth Section of the Pin Valley, Spiti Himalaya |journal=Journal Geological Society of India |publisher=[[Geological Society of India]] |publication-place=Bangalore |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=263–270|doi=10.1007/s12594-011-0082-8 |bibcode=2011JGSI...78..263P |s2cid=129814827 }}</ref> These recent studies succeeded in firmly establishing the origins and age of the Mudh Formation.

==Geography==
[[File:Mudh Towering Range Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7095.jpg|thumb|right|Rock strata towering {{cvt|1600|m|ft}} above Mud]]

Mud is located on the left bank of the Pin River, which is a right bank tributary of the [[Spiti River]]. The village is at the base of the towering Pin Parbati range that separates Spiti from [[Kullu district]]. It is the first inhabited place encountered by travelers coming from [[Kullu Valley|Kullu valley]] via the Pin Parbati Pass and from [[Kinnaur district|Kinnaur]] via the [[Pin Bhaba pass|Pin Bhaba Pass]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pin Parbati trekking route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8171221#map=9/32.1630/77.8986&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=5 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710083120/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/8171221#map=9/32.1630/77.8986&layers=C }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kapadia |first=Harish |title=Trekking and Climbing in the Indian Himalaya |publisher=[[Stackpole Books]] |year=2001 |isbn=0811729532 |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |pages=127–134}}</ref> The village is at a distance of {{cvt|48|km|mi|abbr= }} from [[Kaza, Himachal Pradesh|Kaza, Spiti]]. This is the route on [[National Highway 505 (India)|NH-505]] from [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaza-Mud route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.2244%2C78.0723%3B31.9590%2C78.0324#map=11/32.0919/78.1080&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710013730/https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.2244,78.0723%3B31.9590,78.0324#map=11/32.0919/78.1080&layers=C }}</ref> From [[Tabo, Himachal Pradesh|Tabo]], en route on [[National Highway 505 (India)|NH-505]] from [[Shimla]], the distance is {{cvt|65|km|mi}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tabo-Mud route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.0940%2C78.3837%3B31.9590%2C78.0324#map=11/32.0418/78.2096&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185256/https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.0940,78.3837%3B31.9590,78.0324#map=11/32.0418/78.2096&layers=C }}</ref> The village covers an area of {{cvt|77.6|ha|acre}}.<ref name="CensusLnSA">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=District Census Handbook: Lahul & Spiti, Himachal -- Village and Town Directory |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Himachal Pradesh, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |year=2011 |isbn= |series=3 Part XII A |location= }}</ref>{{rp|page=252}}

===Climate===
Spiti is a cold desert region with an annual rainfall of about {{cvt|17|cm|in}}.<ref name="Kapadia99">{{Cite book |last=Kapadia |first=H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lOzHDG7NfooC&dq=harish+kapadia+spiti&pg=PA9 |title=Spiti: Adventures in the Trans-Himalaya |date=1999 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-093-4 |language=en |access-date=2 September 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902090203/https://books.google.com/books?id=lOzHDG7NfooC&dq=harish+kapadia+spiti&pg=PA9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The weather is mild from April to October. From May to June, the temperatures range between {{Cvt|15-20|C|F}}. During the winter, the temperature may drop to {{Cvt|-20|C|F}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Spiti Valley: Weather |url=https://himachaltourism.gov.in/destination/spiti-valley/ |access-date=2 Sep 2022 |website=Himachal Tourism |publisher=Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Government of Himachal Pradesh |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804230328/https://himachaltourism.gov.in/destination/spiti-valley/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Geology===
[[Spiti valley|Spiti]] is a high-altitude semi-desert. Over millennia, the [[Spiti River]] and its tributaries such as the Pin River, have cut deep gorges in the sedimentary strata uplifted during the formation of the [[Himalayas]]. With little rain or snow there is not much weathering of the steep valley sides. As vegetation is sparse, the rock strata in the steep cliffs are easily visible to the geologist, without excavation or drilling. These favourable conditions for observation attracted geologists to the Pin Valley starting with [[Ferdinand Stoliczka|Stoliczka]] in the 1860s. In the mountain sides near Mud, Stoliczka identified a number of layers or successions, one of which he named as the ''Muth succession''.<ref name=":3" /> This was later renamed as the ''Muth System'' by Hayden (1908) and as the ''Muth Formation'' by Srikantia (1981).<ref name=":4" /> Other formations, visible near Mud, that occur above and below the Muth Formation are given in the table.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible floatleft"
|+[[Geological formation|Stratigraphic Formations]] in the [[Western Himalayas]]
!Formation
![[Geologic time scale|Geologic Era]] ([[Myr|mya]])
!Dated Fossils
([[Myr|mya]])
|-
|Kuling
|[[Permian]] (299–252)
|
|-
|Lipak
|[[Late Devonian]] (387–359)
|387.7–382.7<ref name=":2" />
|-
|'''Muth'''
|'''[[Early Devonian]] (419–393)'''
|
|-
|Pin
|[[Late Ordovician]] – [[Late Silurian]]
|433–423<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Thango
|[[Ordovician|Early – Late Ordovician]]
|
|-
|Haimanta
|[[Late Proterozoic]] – [[Middle Cambrian]]
|
|}

The Muth Formation is readily observed in the Farakah Section, north-west of Mud village.<ref name=":4" /> It is also very well exposed in [[Zanskar]], [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul]], [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Spiti]], [[Kinnaur district|Kinnaur]], [[Garhwal division|Garhwal]] and in the [[Nepal|Nepal Himalayas]]. It consists mostly of hard, white or slightly greenish [[quartz arenite]] {{cvt|258|to|300|m|ft}} thick, with an {{cvt|11|to|15|m|ft}} thick layer of [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] near the top. The white colour and resistance to weathering make it easy to observe.<ref name=":2" />

It exhibits [[Current-bedding|current bedding]], [[ripple marks]] and burrows. These indicate that it originated from coastal sediments deposited in a wave-dominated [[barrier island]] system in the [[Tethys Sea]]. The sedimentary rock was transformed by [[Metamorphic rock|metamorphosis]] into quartz during the [[Tectonics|tectonic]] collision.<ref name=":5" />

The quartz arenite rock strata were formed under high temperatures and/or pressures. Hence, body fossils did not survive. Only [[Trace fossil|inchnofossils]] (i.e. fossil traces such as burrows and tracks), are found. The neighbouring formations, Pin (lower, i.e. older) and Lipak (upper, i.e. younger), have body fossils that are accurately dated. The trace fossils in the Mudh Formation and the dates of the neighbouring formations have been used to approximately date the Mudh Formation to the [[Early Devonian]] (419 – 393 mya).<ref name=":2" />

==Demographics and amenities==
[[File:Yellow-billed chough Pin Valley Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7201.jpg|right|thumb|Yellow-billed chough near Mud]]

The population as of the 2011 Census was 213 (females: 113 (53%), males: 100 (47%)), with 45 households.<ref name="CensusLnSA"/><ref name="CensusLnSB">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=District Census Handbook: Lahul & Spiti, Himachal -- Village and Town Wise Primary Census Abstract (PCA) |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Himachal Pradesh, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India |year=2011 |isbn= |series=3 Part XII B |location= }}</ref>{{rp|page=98}} The literacy rate among females is 54% and among males is 81%. The majority of the population are Scheduled Tribes comprising 96.2%, while Scheduled Castes comprise 1.88%.<ref name="CensusLnSB" />{{Rp|page=99}} The language spoken in Spiti is [[Spiti Bhoti|Bhoti]].<ref name="CensusLnSA" />{{rp|page=62}}

Mud is a village in the Sagnam [[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayat]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=List of PRIs |url=https://hppanchayat.nic.in/PDF/Names%20of%20Gram%20Panchyats%203226%20Final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031102635/https://hppanchayat.nic.in/PDF/Names%20of%20Gram%20Panchyats%203226%20Final.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=25 Jan 2021 |website=Panchayati Raj Department, HP Govt }}</ref> A government primary and middle school caters to children of the village.<ref name="CensusLnSA" />{{rp|page=252}} The village has a branch post office. The nearest full-service sub post office including international speed post is located at Sagnam, a distance of {{cvt|14|km|mi}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Himachal Pradesh |first=Lahul and Spiti |title=Locate Post Office |url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/pages/LocatePostOffices.aspx |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[India Post]] |archive-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701053308/https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/pages/locatepostoffices.aspx }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sagnam-Mud Route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.0316%2C78.0575%3B31.9590%2C78.0324#map=13/31.9996/78.0472&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710012613/https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.0316,78.0575%3B31.9590,78.0324#map=13/31.9996/78.0472&layers=C }}</ref>

==Places of interest==
[[File:Map Mudh Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7077.jpg|thumb|right|Trekking routes from Mud]]

Mud is a convenient base for visiting the [[Pin Valley National Park]]. Trails from Mud head north and west to the National Park, west to [[Kullu district]] via the [[Pin Parbati Pass]], and south to [[Kinnaur district]] via the [[Bhaba pass|Pin Bhaba Pass]].

The Pin Valley is a cold desert with alpine pasture or dry alpine scrub forest. Located at a high altitude with the upper reaches being largely unexplored, the area is home to several endangered species including the [[snow leopard]]. About 20 species of birds and animals are found in the [[National park|National Park]], some of which may be seen in the Pin valley near Mud. These include [[Ibex]], [[Spiti Horse|Chhumurthi horse]], [[Bharal]], [[Red fox]], [[Marten]], [[Weasel]], [[Pika]], [[Snowcock|Snow Cock]], [[Bearded vulture]], [[Chukar partridge|Chukor]], [[Golden eagle|Golden Eagle]], [[Griffon vulture|Griffon]], [[Alpine chough|Yellow-billed Chough]], Raven etc.<ref name=":0" />

Mud has two Buddhist nunneries, meditation caves and shelters. These belong to the [[Nyingma]]pa school, the oldest of the four major schools of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Buddhist Trail in Himachal: A Travel Guide |publisher=Good Earth Publications |year=2006 |isbn=9788187780335|editor-last=Mitra|editor-first=Swati}}</ref> These are located on the Killung Nala, a small stream that meets the Pin River at Mud.<ref name=":1" />

Mud is the last village on the trekking trails to the [[Kullu district|Kullu valley]] and to [[Kinnaur district]]. Both routes start along the left bank of the Pin River. After about {{cvt|12|km|mi}} the trail reaches Chhochhden Camp at the confluence of 3 nallahs. The ruins of Lyungti Khar, a fort built by the Kullu Rajas, is nearby. One trail heads west towards the [[Pin Parbati Pass]] (elev. {{cvt|5,319|m|ft}} and down the Parbati valley to [[Manikaran]] and [[Kullu]]. This trek usually takes 5 to 7 days.<ref name=":1" />

The other trail continues south from Chhochhden Camp to the [[Bhaba pass|Pin Bhaba Pass]] (elev. {{cvt|4,890|m|ft}} and on to Kaphnu in Kinnaur, a total distance of {{cvt|50|km|mi}}. Kaphnu is {{cvt|18|km|mi}} from [[National Highway 5 (India)|NH 5]] which runs along the Satluj River to [[Shimla]]. This trek takes 4 to 5 days for the {{cvt|50|km|mi}} distance. Harish Kapadia reported that local people traveling to Shimla for business or studies would prefer the short trek over the Pir Bhaba Pass to the uncertain {{cvt|254|km|mi}} road journey via Tabo.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mud, Spiti - Wangtu, Kinnaur route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=31.9590%2C78.0324%3B31.5482%2C78.0052#map=10/31.8105/78.3229&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=6 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710014306/https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=31.9590,78.0324%3B31.5482,78.0052#map=10/31.8105/78.3229&layers=C }}</ref>

==Transport==
During the summer, public buses and private vans ply regularly from [[Kaza]] to Mikkim and Mud in the Pin valley. During the winter, buses do not ply to the Pin valley. Then, the approach to Mud is via private vehicle and foot from Attargo bridge off [[National Highway 505 (India)|NH-505]], a distance of {{cvt|33|km|mi}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=District Lahaul and Spiti |first=Tourism |title=Pin Valley National Park |url=https://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/pin-valley-national-park/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[Lahaul and Spiti district]] |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430092236/https://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/pin-valley-national-park/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NH-505 Attargo bridge-Mud Route |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.1243%2C78.1626%3B31.9590%2C78.0324#map=12/32.0456/78.0967&layers=C |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183545/https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=32.1243,78.1626%3B31.9590,78.0324#map=12/32.0456/78.0967&layers=C }}</ref>

In early 2022, the [[Government of Himachal Pradesh]] approved construction of a new road connecting the [[Satluj Valley]], [[Kinnaur District]] to the [[Spiti Valley]] via Mud. The new {{cvt|72|km|mi}} road will run from Kafnu ([[National Highway 5 (India)|NH-5]]) in Kinnaur to Mud, connecting to [[National Highway 505 (India)|NH-505]] near Atargu Bridge on the [[Spiti river]]. The new bypass will reduce the {{cvt|460|km|mi}} distance from [[Shimla]] to [[Kaza]] by {{cvt|105|km|mi}}. This will open up the [[Pin Valley National Park]], Mud and the [[Spiti Valley]] to tourism.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Manta |first=Dipender |date=8 Feb 2022 |title=Bypass to cut Shimla-Kaza distance by 105 km |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bypass-to-cut-shimla-kaza-distance-by-105-km-367677 |access-date=12 Feb 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212050926/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bypass-to-cut-shimla-kaza-distance-by-105-km-367677 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Accommodation==
There are a few home stays in Mud, the oldest being Tara House Home Stay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tara House Home Stay |url=https://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g3783101-d2481742-Reviews-Tara_House_Home_Stay-Lahaul_and_Spiti_District_Himachal_Pradesh.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 Jul 2021 |website=Tripadvisor.in |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184324/https://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g3783101-d2481742-Reviews-Tara_House_Home_Stay-Lahaul_and_Spiti_District_Himachal_Pradesh.html }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Road Mudh Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7071.jpg|Road from Kaza entering Mud Village
File:Nyingma Monastery Mudh Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7065.jpg|Nyingma Monastery, Mud Village, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
File:Pin Valley Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7092.jpg|View Down the Pin Valley to Mud Village
File:Right Bank Pin Mudh Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7114.jpg|Right bank of Pin River looking towards Mud Village
File:Hikers Pin To Mudh Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7183.jpg|Hikers approach Mud Village on Left Bank of Pin River
File:Horses in a field in Mudh, Himachal Pradesh, India.jpg|Chhumurthi Horses in a field in Mud Village
File:Yellow Wildflowers Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7097.jpg|Yellow Wildflowers, Sparse Alpine Vegetation, Pin Valley, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, June 2018
File:White Wildflowers Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7109.jpg|White Wildflowers, Sparse Alpine Vegetation, Pin Valley, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, June 2018
File:Brandts Mtn Finch Pin Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7179.jpg|Brandt's Mountain Finch, Pin Valley, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, June 2018
File:Pea Plants Mudh Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7222.jpg|Field of Pea Plants in Mud Village, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, June 2018
File:Map Passes Trails Kullu Spiti Himachal Jun18 D72 7078.jpg|Map Passes Trails from Mud Village, Spiti to Kullu via the Pin Parbati Pass
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Bhaba pass|Pin Bhaba Pass]]
* [[Pin Parbati Pass]]
* [[Pin Valley National Park]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/ Lahaul and Spiti District website]
* {{Commons category inline|Mud village, Spiti}}

[[Category:Villages in Lahaul and Spiti district]]

Mud (village) - Revision history

QuyenStobie2 at 17:27, 23 February 2026