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Legend · 3 tellings · contested

The churning of the ocean of milk

Gods and demons churn the milk ocean with Mount Mandara on the tortoise's back; poison, treasures, Lakshmi and the nectar emerge, and Vishnu as Mohini keeps the nectar for the gods.

Vishnu, Kurma, Mohini, Shiva

North India Pan-India