There is a lake in the Himalayas called Indradyumna. Akupara is a tortoise living in it. There is also a statement that this is the Adi-Kurma (second of the ten incarnations of God). A description of Akupara is found in Chapter 199 of Vana Parva in Mahabharata. | There is a lake in the Himalayas called Indradyumna. Akupara is a tortoise living in it. There is also a statement that this is the Adi-Kurma (second of the ten incarnations of God). A description of Akupara is found in Chapter 199 of Vana Parva in Mahabharata. |