Churning of the Ocean - Samudra Manthan,
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
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Churning of the Ocean - Samudra Manthan,
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
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Churning of the Ocean - Samudra Manthan,
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
A seated Shiva watches three Asuras (demons) using Vasuki, a multi-headed cobra coiled around Mount Mandara (an abode of Krishna), as a churning rod for Churning the Occean of Milk, thus producing Amrita, the Nectar of Immortality, as told in the Mahabharata and the Hindu Puranas
note the 'counterpart' of the Asuras, the Devas, are out of frame, pulling the tail end of the serpent on the other side of the mountain,
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple, Jhandewalan, New Delhi, India
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