The reat mountain which the gods used for the churning of the ocean. It is supposed to be the mountain so named in Bhagalpur, which is held

mythical mountain which, at the very beginning of the world existence, was used as a spindle to churn the "Ocean of milk", in order to obtain amrita, the nectar of immortality. Vishnu took the form of the Kurma turtle and put the Mount Mandara on His shell; all gods and demons reassembled, caught Vasuki, the Serpent, as a rope, and started churning. Marvellous things, gods and godesses (among whom the wonderful Lakshmî, goddess of Wealth and Beauty, who was also the Vishnu Shakti) and the amrita nectar came out of it. Gods caught it immediately, drank it and became immortal. They subdued the demons and sent them to the underground worlds

the golden mountain used for churning the ocean in the fight between the s u r a s and the a s u r a s (see 8.5, 6 & 7).

Mandara is a selfmade Final Fantasy-like 2D RolePlayerGame intending to simulate the spirit of the good old computer games. Futhermore this project will serve its developers and members as a training for their abilities. We are curious...are you?

Mandala

The flower of the coral tree, one of the five special trees of heaven.