Mount Potalaka

Pothigai Malai in Tamil Nadu, proposed to be the original Mount Potalaka in India

Mount Potalaka (simplified Chinese: 补陀洛伽山 or 普陀洛伽山; traditional Chinese: 補陀洛伽山 or 普陀洛迦山; pinyin: Bǔtuóluòjiā Shān or Pǔtuóluòjiā Shān, Japanese: 補陀洛 Fudaraku-san), which means "Brilliance",[1] is the mythical dwelling of the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, said to exist in the seas south of India.

  1. ^ Lokesh CHANDRA, The Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara, New Delhi: Abdhinav Publications/ Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, 1988, p. 35;