Mandar Parvat(Hill) is approx 700 feet high. it is situated about 30 miles south of the bhagalpur town in bihar. Amriit manthan or samudra manthan which suggests that the hill was used by the gods to churn the ocean to procure amrit. The serpent, Basukinaga
offered to serve as the rope and has left behind an impression of
the coil on the granite hill. The hill is equally revered by the jains who believe that their 12th Trithankra attained nirvana here on the summit of the hill.