Churning of the Milk Ocean 🇹🇭

Water Colour Paintings of 'Churning of the Milk Ocean'

 

Influenced by a famous scene of Samudra Manthan (समुद्र मंथन) from Puranas (a Hindu literature from India), these are the Thai style paintings of the churning of the milk ocean.

 

The scene composes of ASURAS (อสูร) and DEVAS (เทพ) cooperated to churn the sea in order to extract the elixir of immortality (น้ำอมฤต) by holding each end of VASUKI (พญาวาสุกรี: the 3-headed naga) which coils itself around the Mount Mandara (มันทรคีรี) with dancing VISHNU (พระวิษณุ หรือพระนารายณ์) on the top and his incarnate turtle at the bottom providing support and balance.

 

Credit: Ekaraj Ohn, Thai Culture to the World