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Mount Meru
The golden mountain at the centre of the world in the epics and Puranas. In the southern temple legends the serpent Shesha (or Vasuki) coils around it while Vayu tries to blow it loose, and the pieces that break away become holy hills.
Sources: Wikipedia: Tirumala; Legend of Tirumala; Vettam Mani, Puranic Encyclopaedia (1975), entries Trikuta and Vayu, as quoted on wisdomlib · see Mount Meru's web