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Bali
Mahabali · Bali Chakravarti
Grandson of Prahlada, the generous asura king who gave Vamana three paces despite Shukra's warning and offered his own…
Prahlada
Boy devotee of Vishnu taught by Narada in the womb, who survived every attempt of his father Hiranyakashipu to kill him…
Daksha
Daksha Prajapati
A Rigvedic aditya later made a Prajapati under Brahma; the Mahabharata has him and his wife emerge from Brahma's two…
Bhagiratha
The Ikshvaku king whose austerities won Brahma's leave for Ganga to descend and Shiva's consent to catch her, so that…
Arjuna
The third Pandava, whose austerity in the Himalaya for divine weapons was tested by Shiva disguised as a hunter; he…
Mahabali
Maveli · Bali (Kerala telling)
The asura king remembered in Kerala as a just and equal-handed ruler whose reign was a golden age, pushed down to the…
Padman
Serpent king and Vishnu devotee of the Sankarankovil sthala puranam, the other party in the quarrel that Gomathi's…
Rajasekhara of Pandalam
King Rajashekhara Pandian
The childless king who found the infant Ayyappa by the Pamba, named him Manikandan for the bell at his neck, and after…
Sagara
The king whose sixty thousand sons were burned by Kapila's glance while searching for the sacrificial horse. Stub…
Sangan
Serpent king and Shiva devotee of the Sankarankovil sthala puranam, whose quarrel with the Vishnu-devoted Padman over…
Svayambhuva Manu
The first Manu, born of Brahma and his female half in the Matsya account and married to Shatarupa; the human line…
Akasha Raja
The king of the Tirupati region who found Padmavati and gave her in marriage to Srinivasa, in the Venkatachala…
Indradyumna (of Avanti)
The king of Avanti in the Skanda Purana who sent his priest to find Nila Madhava and built the first temple of…
Malayadhwaja Pandya
The Pandya king who, with queen Kanchanamalai, performed a sacrifice for an heir and received the three-breasted girl…
Narasimhavarman I
Mamalla
Pallava king (seventh century) whose title Malla appears in the inscription of the Trimurti cave at Mahabalipuram.
Vibhishana
Ravana's brother who sided with Rama and became king of Lanka; Rama gave him the Ranga Vimana, which he could not carry…
Vishvavasu
The Sabara chief who worshipped Nila Madhava in secret in the forest before the deity was carried into Puri's temple…
Bar Raja Ambika
The Ahom queen, consort of Siva Singha, who built the Sivadol in 1734 beside the Borpukhuri tank. Stub entity.
Bhima
The second Pandava, who recognised Shiva in the bull near Guptakashi and seized it by the tail and hind legs, so that…
Chandrasena
The Shiva-devoted king of Ujjain in the Mahakal legend, attacked by the rival kings Ripudamana and Singhaditya with the…
Dharmavarma
The Chola king of the Kaveri island who had long prayed for the Ranga Vimana and kept it at Srirangam on condition the…
Ikshvaku
Founder of the solar dynasty of Ayodhya who, in the Sriranga Mahatmyam, brought the Ranga Vimana from Satyaloka to…
Rao Bharamalla
The zamindar of Rajput stock who built the Tarakeswar temple after Shiva appeared in his dream. Stub entity.
Sutapas
The king who with his wife Prishni received the Guruvayur image from Brahma after long austerities, in the Narada…