Mount Mandara

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Kurma Avatar of Vishnu, below Mount Mandara, with Vasuki wrapped around it, during Samudra manthan, the churning of the ocean of milk. ca 1870.

Mount Mandara (Sanskrit: मंदर) is a mountain which appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas. It was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk.

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• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna Dallapiccola

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