Mount Meru is the cosmic mountain at the center of the universe, home to Brahma in Brahmaloka at its summit, Indra in Svarga on its slopes, and other celestial realms.
Mount Meru stands at the center of the universe in both Hindu and Buddhist cosmology — the same golden mountain ringed by concentric oceans and continents, adopted directly from Vedic and Puranic tradition into the Buddhist Abhidharma framework.
The Pandavas set out on their final journey toward Mount Meru, climbing toward heaven in mortal bodies. One by one, Draupadi and four of the brothers fell dead along the ascent, until only Yudhishthira reached the summit with a faithful dog at his side.
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