Dhanvantari, God of Indian Medicine, an incarnation of Vishnu emerged from the Milky-Ocean at the end of the churning by the devas and the asuras.
A Description of Dhanvantari reads as follows:
"Armed with conch, discus, leach and the golden pot of 'Amrita'-Elixir of Immortality, clad in yellow silk garment, An exquisitely textured cloth around the coiffure, with eyes as dark as the rain-cloud, Who annihilates disease and suffering, like the raging forest fire, Which totally consumes the forest".
