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Mukeshpuri
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Mukeshpuri or Moshpuri is 2800 m / 9100 ft high hill in the Nathiagali Hills of Pakistan. Much of it is covered with pine trees.
It is almost 90 kilometres from north of Islamabad. Mukeshpuri or Moshpuri is sacred to Hindus. Its name is derived from Sanskrit words: Moksha (peace) + Puri (place). In Hindu mythology and in Ramayana this hill has its importance. According to Hindu traditions, when Ram and his brother Lakshman were fighting with Sri Lankan devil chief Arjun, Lakshman got wounded. Hanuman - the monkey god took this hill to east south of India in Sri Lanka where the mythological Indian "Maha Bharta" great war started and the vedic herbal physician plucked the herbs from Mukeshpuri for Lakshman's treatment. The hill was replaced back. Indian Prime Minister Nehru respected this hill and Indians left some monkeys here every year. In the Vedic age there was a Vishno Temple called Dewal here in Taksila and Kohala way.
It is sacred because on top of it there is much space to stay. The climb from Nathiagali in western side of mountain is steady and almost 4 kilometers long. In the way there is a bird sanctuary created with the help of European Union.
From the top of Mukeshpuri in the eastern edge of NWFP, the following areas can be seen - Circle Bakote, Jhelum River, district Bagh of Azad Kashmir, in south Tehsil and Murree city as well as Islamabad. The peak of Mokaspori or Moshpuri is known as SEMANNAT this means the unproductive place. According to one ancient local tradition it was the cave of Rakshesh, a dragon in Vedas. It is also highest peak and place of Circle Bakote and a western part of Union Council Birote. Other places in eastern sides are Thera, Moni Dheri, Sangrerhi, Hotrole, Bhan, Lallal Sharief, Tomb of Hadrat Pir Faqir-u-llah Bakoti , a 19th century saint.
- Tarikh-e-Kashmir, and Tarikh-e-Ponch by Syed Mehmood Azad