Mandar Parvat

Mandar Parvat is an isolated granite hill rising from the plain south of the Ganges. Hindu tradition identifies it with the mountain used by gods and demons to churn the ocean for the nectar of immortality, with the serpent Vasuki serving as their rope. Jains also revere the hill as the place where the twelfth Tirthankara, Vasupujya, attained liberation. Shrines on its slopes and summit reflect these overlapping sacred traditions.