In the Puranas, Mandara or Mandhara is the mountain which appears in the Samundra Manthan and is the symbol of concentration.

The word Mandhara is made up of two words, `Mana` and `Dhara` meaning mind and a single line.

Mountain Mandhara was used as a churning rod to mix the ocean of milk. It is believed to be located 52 km south of Bhagalpur, Bihar a province of India. The specialty of the mountain is that it is not made of fragmented stones but the whole hill is one single connected structure.

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