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Mount Meru
Mount Meru, also called Sumeru i.e. the "Excellent Meru" and Mahameru i.e. "Great Meru", is a sacred mountain in Jain cosmology, Hindu as well as Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes. It is also the abode of Lord Brahma and the Demi-Gods. The mountain is said to be 84,000 Yojanas high (which is around 1,082,000 km, or 85 times the Earths's diameter). Many famous Jain and Hindu temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The highest point (the finial bud) on the pyatthat, a Burmese-style multi-tiered roof, represents Mount Meru. For the equivalent central mountain in Buddhist cosmology, see Sumeru.
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