The Vishnu Purana specifically mentions it amongst the seven main chains of mountains in Bharata (India), namely Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Śuktimat, Riksha, Vindhya, and Páripátra.[1] According to the Matsya Purana, during the Great flood, the giant boat of King Manu was perched after the deluge on the top of the Malaya Mountains.[4]
These mountains are believed to have formed the southernmost part (southwards starting from the Mangalore region) of the Western Ghats, modern day Kerala, while the Northern part of the same was called the Sahya Mountains. The peaks of these Malaya mountains were said to be higher than those of the Sahya Mounta. Sangam Literature calls these mountains Pothigai.
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^ ab"The Vishnu Purana: Book II: Chapter III". p. 174. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^D.C. Sircar (1 January 1990). Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 243–. ISBN978-81-208-0690-0.
^Diana L Eck (2012). India: A Sacred Geography. Crown Publishing Group. pp. 125–. ISBN978-0-385-53191-7.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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