Mahendragiri Hills
Mahendragiri is the name of the following places in India: * Mahendragiri, Odisha, a hill or mountain in Eastern Ghats, Gajapati district, Odisha, India * Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, a hill or mountain in Eastern Ghats, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India * Mahendra Mountains, mountain range described in Indian epics, identified with the Eastern Ghats See also *Indragiri (other) Indragiri may refer to: * Indragiri Hilir Regency, Sumatra, Indonesia * Indragiri River, Sumatra, Indonesia * Indragiri Hulu Regency Indragiri Hulu ( or Upper Indragiri) is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Riau, Indonesia. It is located on the islan ...

Mahendragiri, Odisha
Mahendragiri, is a mountain in Rayagada block of the district of Gajapati, Odisha, India. It is situated amongst the Eastern Ghats at an elevation of .It is second biodiversity Heritage Site of Odisha. This is considered as one out of Seven Kula Parvat of India. Geography This is the second highest mountain peak of Odisha after Deomali in Koraput district. It has interesting archaeological remains. Mahendragiri hill and its surrounding areas are recognized as a biodiversity hot spot due to numerous medicinal plants and other species that are found here. A haven for medicinal plants, Mahendragiri Hills, which is part of the Eastern Ghats, is home to over 600 flowering plants. The faunal diversity of the region is huge and particularly known for being a herpetofauna hotspot. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI had proposed the State Government of Odisha in 1986 to declare the Mahendragiri hill as a Biodiversity Hotspot area. An expert committee of the Forest and Env ...
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Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu
Mahendragiri is the name of a hill in Tirunelveli District, South Tamil Nadu. The hill is located in Tirunelveli District and is part of the southern range of the Western Ghats, with an elevation of . The ISRO Propulsion Complex, a test facility for Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...'s launch vehicle and satellite propulsion systems, is situated on the lower slopes of this mountain. Citations References * {{cite book , last=Nagar , first=Shanti Lal , title=Genesis and evolution of the Rāma kathā in Indian art, thought, literature, and culture: from the earliest period to the modern times, Volume 2 , publisher=B.R. Pub. Co. , year=1999 , isbn=81-7646-084-2 , ref=nag Mountains of the Western Ghats Ancient Indian mountain ...
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Mahendra Mountains
Mahendra Mountains is a mountain range described in the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. It is identified to be the part of the mountain ranges in the east coast of India (Eastern Ghats), that falls in Odisha & Andhra Pradesh. It is the place where Bhargava Rama or Parashurama spending his days of life, as he is one of the ''chiranjeevi'' or having life up to ''pralaya''. This place was visited by Arjuna as part of his pilgrimage. It is said that lord parshurama penance here and will do so till the end of kaliyug . Mahendragiri The puranic mountain Mahendragiri is situated in Paralakhemundi, Gajapati district. Legend says that it is the place where Lord Parashurama stays and does tapasya. Temples built by Pandavas are seen. The main festival here is Shivaratri, the worship of Shiva, the guru or percepter of Lord Parashurama Parashurama (), also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Veerarama, is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu ...
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