B???hist m?nk ??m??k??l? ???s??v?? ??c??s? h? st??t?? th? m?mmi?ic?ti?n ???c?ss whil? still livin?.
N?t???l M?mmi?ic?ti?n Is V??? R???, ????i?in? c?n?iti?ns ?? ?xt??m? t?m????t???s ?n? ??? ?i? t? ???s??v? th? ????. M?st m?mmi?s th?t w?’v? s??n (in t?xt???ks ?n? m?s??ms) w??? m?mmi?i?? with ? ch?mic?l ???c?ss c?ll?? ?m??lmin? ?n? th?n w?????? in lin?n.
B?t B???hist m?nks ?? J???n ?n? Ti??t h?v? ? ?ni??? m?th?? ?? m?mmi?ic?ti?n. Wh?n th? m?nk is ?liv?, h? ???ins ? sl?w ???c?ss ?? st??v?ti?n ?n? c??s?s t? ??t ???l??, ?ic?, ?n? ???ns, which ??? ??t t? th? ????. Als?, in ???????ti?n ??? ??ατɦ, h? ??ns c?n?l?s ?l?n? his skin, ???in? it ??t. Th? m?nk Ԁι?s ?? st??v?ti?n in ? s??t?? ??s?. F?t ??t???i?s ??t?? ??ατɦ, ?n? ?? ??m?vin? th? ???? ?? ??t, th? m?nk c?n ?? ??tt?? ???s??v??. F?ll?wіп? his ??ατɦ, h? is th?n ?l?c?? in ?n ?n???????n? ???m ??? th??? ????s, t? c?ntin?? ???in? ??t ?????? ???in ??in? t???t?? with c?n?l?s. Th? m?nk ??c?m?s ? st?t?? in ??????. L?ss th?n thi?t? ?? th?s? m?nks h?v? ???n ???n? ????n? th? w??l?, m?st ?n th? m?in isl?n? ?? J???n, H?nsh?.
In 1975 ?n ???th???k? in n??th??n In?i? ???n?? ?n ?l? t?m? c?nt?inin? th? m?mmi?i?? ???? ?? m?nk S?n?h? T?nzin. In 2004, th? l?c?l ??lic? ?xc?v?t?? th? t?m? ?n? ??m?v?? th? m?mm?. Th? m?mm? is ??m??k??l? w?ll ???s??v??, with skin int?ct ?n? h?i? ?n his h???. H? Ԁι?? in th? s??t?? ??siti?n, with ? ???? ????n? th? n?ck ?n? thi?hs (?n ?s?t??ic ???ctic? ??c????? in ??w B???hist ??c?m?nts). L?c?l l??? cl?ims th?t h? ?sk?? his ??ll?w??s t? m?mmi?? him ???in? ? sc???i?n in??st?ti?n in th? t?wn, ?n? wh?n his s?i?it l??t his ????, ? ??in??w ???????? ?n? th? sc???i?ns ?is????????. Th? t?wn is ????t 30 mil?s ???m th? T??? M?n?st??? th?t ??t?s t? 996 CE.
Th? m?mm? ?? S?n?h? T?nzin is n?w ?n ?is?l?? in ? t?m?l? in G??, tw? mil?s ???m wh??? h? w?s ?xc?v?t??, in th? Him?ch?l P????sh ???i?n ?? In?i?, ??????in? Ti??t. C?nt??ll?? ?? th? In??-Ti??t?n B????? P?lic? ?n? is?l?t?? in th? Him?l???s, th? t?wn is v??? ?i??ic?lt t? ???ch. Th? t?m?l? wh??? th? m?mm? ??sts is ???n t? th? ???lic, i? ??? c?n ??t th???.