Mount Mandara

The Puranas refer to various sacred places on the hill that are also believed to be the abode of the avatar Krishna as Madhusudana or the destroyer of the asura called Madhu, who was killed by Krishna and then covered by the Mount Mandara.

Kalidasa's Kumarasambhava refers to foot marks of Vishnu on the slopes of Mandara.

[citation needed] The hill is replete with relics of bygone ages.

[citation needed] Besides inscriptions and statues there are numerous rock cut sculptures depicting various Brahmanical images.

[citation needed] The depiction of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk became very popular in Khmer art, perhaps because their creation myth involved a Nāga ancestor.

Kurma avatara of Vishnu, below Mount Mandara, with Vasuki wrapped around it, during Samudra Manthana , the churning of the Ocean of milk . ca 1870.
Depiction of Mandara used for the Churning of the Ocean