A mountain. महाभारत , वन पर्व , Chapter 25, Verse 9 states that राम and लक्ष्मण visited the sage मार्कण्डेय on the top of this mountain. It was here that राम and लक्ष्मण met सुग्रीव . महाभारत , वन पर्व , Chapter 279, Verse 44 states that the river पम्पा runs round the ऋष्यमूक mountain.