[4] The Hindu temple Jwala/jawala(flame) or Jwala Mukhi (a person with a face glowing like fire) is mentioned in the Mahabharata and other religious scriptures.

He ordered for a temple to be built there by Raja Bhumi Chand and arranged for priests to engage in regular worship.

Akbar, initially skeptical of the deity's power, presented a golden parasol (chattar) at the shrine, where it transformed into an unknown metal.

[10] The most well-known Jwala shrine is located in the town of Jawalamukhi, in the lower Himalayan area of the Kangra district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh of India.

[11] The temple style is similar to other Jwala shrines with four corners, a small dome on the top and a square central pit of hollowed stone inside where the main flame burns continuously.

[13] The temple previously had a library of associated ancient Hindu texts, many of which were translated from Sanskrit into Persian at the orders of Firuz Shah Tughlaq when the Delhi Sultanate overran the Kangra area.

[14][15] According to legend, when Sati's body was divided into 51 parts, her tongue fell in the area of Jawalamukhi, where it continues to be represented by the flames.

This Jwala Devi Temple is believed to have been blessed with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of the front tongue of Sati while Shiva carried her and wandered through Āryāvarta in sorrow.

[17] The flame at the Jwala shrine in the village of Muktinath is located at an altitude of 3,710 meters at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass in the Mustang district of Nepal.

[18] A small amount of natural gas is present in the Himalayan spring that emerges near the shrine, giving it the appearance of fire burning on the water itself.

Many scholars and officials have concluded that this is a Jwala temple[1][22][23] due to the presence of several Hindu inscriptions in Sanskrit and Punjabi (as opposed to only one in Persian)[1]and encounters with dozens of Hindus at the shrine or the regions between North India and Baku,[1][24][25] as well as assessments of its Hindu-character by Parsi dasturs.