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Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
A Dictionary of Hinduism (Oxford Reference) (en) unverified	W. J. Johnson, Oxford University Press · 2009	Copyrighted	The legal-notice and permissions pages returned 403; standard OUP terms assumed, permission needed for reuse. Concise definitions to paraphrase.
Acintya — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Acintya as a long-standing Shaivite form.
Aiyanar — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Village-guardian cult and its medieval merger with Shasta; chase its citations.
Allama Prabhu — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Guheshwara signature and the Anubhava Mantapa.
Alvars — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Amarnath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Anantashayana Vishnu (Saranga) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Anasuya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	The 'iron beans' provocation by Narada appears here only.
Andhaka — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Angkor Wat — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Anncharlott Eschmann — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Summary of her tribal-god thesis; attribute the argument to her.
Anncharlott Eschmann — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ardhanarishvara — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Arunachalesvara Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ayyappan — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Kerala layer of the Shasta story: Pandalam, Mahishi, celibacy.
Badrinath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Baidyanath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Cites the Shiva Purana for the atmalinga story without a chapter; does not address the heart-peetha claim.
Balinese Hinduism — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Trimurti within Agama Hindu Dharma.
Basava — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Kudalasangamadeva signature, Kalyana fellowship, Lingayat origins.
Bhadrachala Ramadasu — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Gopanna's imprisonment and songs.
Bhairava — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Bhasmasura — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	States the character does not appear in the Puranas and belongs to regional literature and performance.
Bhikshatana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Bhil — Encyclopedia.com (en)	Encyclopedia.com	Copyrighted	Reference entry; paraphrase.
Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga (Dakinyam), Bhimpur — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Surfaced by search, not read in full.
Bhimashankar Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Bhimeswar Dham — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Surfaced by search, not read in full.
Bhrigu — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma Sthan — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma Temple, Asotra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Underlying citations are Hindi news items.
Brahma Temple, Bindusagar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma Temple, Khedbrahma — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma Temple, Niali — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Listing only; page not read in the research pass.
Brahma Temple, Pushkar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahma's boon — Wisdom Library concept index	—	Copyrighted
Brahmahatya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahmapureeswarar Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahmotsavam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Brahmā (Buddhism) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Buta Kola — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Tulu spirit worship; paddanas; Panjurli and Guliga.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Chand Sadagar — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The merchant's defiance and left-handed worship.
Charak Puja — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The hook-swinging rite within Gajan.
Daksha yajna — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Daksha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Dakshinamurti — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	The article's Symbolism section is flagged as uncited on the page itself.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Ramakrishna and Kali as universal Mother.
Dashavatara — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Buddha avatar's two motives; absorption dates.
Dattatreya — Britannica (en) unverified	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Copyrighted	Britannica returned 403 in the research pass; the 16th-century dating rests on a secondary mention. Paraphrase, cite the entry.
Dattatreya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Devi Mahatmya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Dewata Nawa Sanga — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The nine directional gods of Bali.
Divya Desam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Diwali — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Dwarkadhish Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ekasarana Dharma — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Elephanta Caves — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Encyclopaedia Britannica terms of use (en)	Britannica	Copyrighted	Personal non-commercial use only; other reproduction needs written permission. Take the fact, write your own sentence, cite the entry; no block quotes or images. Content pages returned 403 during research.
Erawan Shrine — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Gajan (festival) — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Dates, participants and the Shiva-marriage theme.
Gajendra Moksha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Gajendra Varadha Temple, Kabisthalam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ganagapura — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ganesha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ganga (goddess) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Gangaur — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Gond — Encyclopedia.com (en)	Encyclopedia.com	Copyrighted	Summary of the Lingo cave story and Gond religion; paraphrase.
Grishneshwar Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Guru Purnima — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Its 'Shiva became the first guru' line is cited only to the Isha Foundation; treated as a modern/oral claim.
Guruvayur Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Hanuman — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Harihara — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Harihareshwara Temple (Harihar, Karnataka) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Harivamsa Purana — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Jinasena's 783 CE poem; Krishna as Neminatha's cousin.
Hayagriva — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Puranic (en)	W. J. Wilkins · 1900	Public domain quotable	Public domain Victorian summaries; usable, but the missionary-era bias must be flagged when quoted.
Hinduism in Cambodia — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Search snippet only during research.
Hiranyagarbha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Hiranyakashipu — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Indradyumna — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Jagannath Temple, Puri — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Jagannath — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Jagar (ritual) — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Invocation through song and trance; Bhairav jagar.
Jaya-Vijaya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kali — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Shava/Shiva reading of the Bengal image.
Kalikapatadi — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The Howrah folk dance of Kali and Shiva.
Kalpa (time) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kamadeva — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kanakana Kindi — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The Udupi window story as tradition holds it.
Kannappa — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kanwar Yatra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Origin legends (Parashurama, Ravana, cooling the poison) were not on the fetched page.
Karthigai Deepam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Karthika Deepam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kartika Purnima — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kartikeya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kashi Vishwanath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kashmir Shaivism — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kedarnath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
King Chandrasena — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The Ujjain devotee-king of the Mahakal story.
Kiratarjuniya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kirtan Ghosha — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Brajavali text, 26 sections.
Krishna Janmashtami — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Kumbakonam Brahma Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Confirms the deities and layout but records no legend.
Kumbh Mela — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Cites Bonazzoli (anachronistic) and Maclean (19th-century branding) on the four-drops legend.
Lakshmi — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Legend of Tirumala — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Lingaraja Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Lingayatism — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Lingodbhava — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Attributes the pillar-of-fire story to the Vishnu Purana, against the Karthigai Deepam page and devotional summaries (Shiva Purana).
Madhu-Kaitabha — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Title/listing only during the research pass; page not fetched.
Maha Shivaratri — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	The page's '5th century BCE origin' claim and the Indus 'human and tiger' seal link are treated as unverified.
Mahabaleshwar Temple, Gokarna — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mahabali — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mahabrahma — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The senior Brahmas including Sahampati.
Mahadevi — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Search snippet only during research.
Mahakala — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Ujjain legend of Chandrasena, Shrikhar and the demon Dushana.
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mahishasura — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Does not name Brahma as the grantor of the boon.
Mahur, Maharashtra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Srisailam's Puranic legend; note it omits the Chenchu story.
Manasamangal Kavya — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Plot of the Manasa poem and its mixed roots.
Mandar Parvat — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mangalkavya — Banglapedia (en)	Banglapedia (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh)	Copyrighted	Genre definition; paraphrase.
Manidvipa — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Search snippet only during research.
Manikarnika Ghat — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Manikkavacakar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Markandeya — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Meenakshi Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mohini — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Places the Bhasmasura story in the Vishnu Purana, contradicting the Bhasmasura article; unverified.
Motiravan Kangali — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The 1986 Pari Kupar Lingo and the Kachargarh revival.
Mount Kailash — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Mundas — Encyclopedia.com (en)	Encyclopedia.com	Copyrighted	Reference entry; paraphrase.
Mythological anecdotes of Ganesha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nabakalebara — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nakkeerar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nanda Devi Raj Jat — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The twelve-yearly procession and the bride motif.
Narada — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Narayana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Narayaniyam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Narsobawadi — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nataraja — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Nath — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Onam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Padma (Vishnu) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Padmanabhaswamy Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Panch Kedar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Panchayatana puja — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Pandanus odorifer (ketaki / screwpine) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Parvati — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Pashupati seal — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Pashupatinath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Phnom Bok — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Search snippet only during research.
Phra Phrom — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Poonthanam Nambudiri — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Prahlada — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Prajapati — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Pundalik — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The brick story and Pundalik's likely date.
Purandara Dasa — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Dates, initiation by Vyasatirtha, 'Purandara Vitthala' signature.
Puranic Encyclopaedia (en) unverified	Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass · 1975	Copyrighted	Free to read on Wisdom Library but copyrighted; the first stop for any Puranic name, then paraphrase and cite.
Purusha Sukta — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Pushkar Fair — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Attendance figures differ from the Kartika Purnima page.
Rama Navami — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Rama in Jainism — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Baladeva/Vasudeva roster; Lakshmana kills Ravana; Rama's monkhood.
Ramakien — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Compilation dates, Phra Narai / Phra Isuan, Hanuman's expansion, Bhasmasura merged.
Ramanathaswamy Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ramavataram — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Kamban's Rama as divine from the start and Ravana's dying words; map, not authority.
Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ratha Yatra (Puri) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ravana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ravananugraha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Reamker — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Khmer verse epic and its Theravada reading.
Rudra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Rule of the shorter term — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The US does not apply the rule, so an Indian public-domain work can still be in copyright in the US; the reason the site quotes only works free in both countries.
Sadashiva — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Samba (Krishna's son) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Samudra Manthana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Balinese supreme principle and the state-recognition history.
Sankara Narayanasamy Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Sankardev — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Ekasarana teaching; disputed birth year.
Santal people — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Thakur Jiu creation, first couple, Marang Buru.
Saraswati — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Savitri Mata Mandir — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shaiva Siddhanta — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shaivism — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shasta (deity) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shatarupa — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shiva Purana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shiva — Encyclopaedia Britannica unverified	—	Copyrighted	HTTP 403 during research.
Shiva — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shraavana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shri Guru Charitra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shrinathji — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Shvetashvatara Upanishad — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Singbonga — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Munda sun-god creation with the clay-divers.
Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Dhammakka's anthill find and the 1674 temple.
Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple, Bhadrachalam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Sivadol — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Smarta tradition — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Somnath temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Sri Vaishnavism — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Srikalahasteeswara Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Sudarshana Chakra — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Taraknath Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Teej — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
The Buddha in Hinduism — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Thillai Kali Temple, Chidambaram — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Gives no textual citation for the dance-contest legend; treated as temple tradition.
Thirumohoor Kalamegaperumal temple — Wikipedia unverified	—	Creative Commons quotable	Search snippet only; the page was not fetched. Claims the site of the Mohini episode.
Thiruvathira — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Dates Paranjothi Munivar before the 12th century; other sources say 16th-17th century.
Thrikkakara Temple — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Vamana temple and the ninth-century festival record claim.
Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Trimurti — Encyclopaedia Britannica unverified	—	Copyrighted	Page returned HTTP 403; the Kalidasa dating rests on a search snippet.
Trimurti — New World Encyclopedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-SA; derived in part from Wikipedia.
Trimurti — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Tripurantaka — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Tripurasura — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Trivikrama — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Tulsi Vivah — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Ubaya Rameswara Kshetram — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vachana sahitya — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The Sharana poets and the vachana form; originals are public domain.
Vadakkunnathan Temple — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vaikuntha Chaturdashi — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	Attributes the thousand-lotuses story to the Shiva Purana without a chapter; the chapter is unidentified.
Vaikuntha Ekadashi — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vaikuntha — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vavar — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Ayyappa's Muslim companion and the Erumely mosque.
Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Venkateswara — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Village deities of South India — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Aiyanar's Shiva–Mohini origin and attendant guardians; cites Whitehead.
Vilwamangalam Swamiyar — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vimalsuri — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Author and date of the Paumachariya.
Vishnu Purana — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vishnu — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
Vishnu — World History Encyclopedia	—	Creative Commons	CC BY-NC-SA; non-commercial clause, so paraphrase only. Used in place of Britannica (403).
Vishnumoorthy Theyyam — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Narasimha as possession performance with fire-entry; regions performed.
Vithoba of Pandharpur (en)	Hindupedia	Unknown	Licence not confirmed; treat as copyrighted. Source of the 'identified with Shiva in ancient times' line.
Vithoba — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Vithoba's possible Shiva past (Deleury, Eaton) and the brick etymology; cite scholars by name.
Vrindavan — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
What is the story of King Mahabali in relation to Onam? — Britannica (en) unverified	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Copyrighted	Britannica returned 403 during the research pass; the fact rests on secondary mention. Paraphrase only, no block quotes.
Wikipedia: Copyrights (site licence) (en)	Wikimedia Foundation and contributors	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-SA 4.0: reuse needs attribution by hyperlink, an indication of changes and the same licence on derivatives. Use articles as a map and for citation-chasing, not as an authority.
Yakshagana poetry — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	The prasanga text corpus.
Yakshagana — Wikipedia (en)	Wikipedia contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Form, region and history of the coastal theatre.

Popular retelling 77

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
11 Rudra avatars of Mahadeva — Exotic India (article)	—	Copyrighted
6 things to know about Savitri Temple, Pushkar — Maharana Cab	—	Copyrighted	Commercial site.
7 Secrets of Shiva; 7 Secrets of Vishnu; Myth = Mithya; Devlok; devdutt.com (en)	Devdutt Pattanaik, Westland / Penguin Random House India · 2011	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; the archive.org and scribd PDFs are unauthorised. His interpretive frames are his own: write 'Pattanaik argues', never present them as tradition.
A Bhil story of creation (en)	Kalampedia · 2022	Copyrighted	Retold folktale; plot only.
A God Like Us — Devdutt Pattanaik unverified	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Not fetched; summarised from search results.
A ritual cleansing — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Pattanaik's reading of Ayyappa as ayonija and Sabarimala as a meeting of faiths; attribute as his.
Annamacharya (en)	Vedadhara	Copyrighted	Devotional site; use for dates and the copper-plate rediscovery, paraphrase.
Annamayya (en)	SVASA	Copyrighted	Corroborating biographical page.
Arundhati — Hinduscriptures.com	—	Copyrighted
Ayyappan, the child of Lord Shiva and Vishnu — Vedicfeed	—	Copyrighted	Popular telling that joins the Bhasmasura episode to Ayyappa's birth.
Battle between Brahma and Vishnu (Shiva Purana) — VedicFeed	—	Copyrighted	Devotional summary.
Beheading Brahma — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Interpretive reading (yoga metaphor); attribute to the author.
Bhadrachalam and Ramadasu (en)	Sadashree (Substack)	Copyrighted	Newsletter retelling; plot points only.
Bhakti movement in Maharashtra (en)	Rau's IAS	Copyrighted	Exam-prep summary of Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram; dates only.
Bhasmasur is back — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted
Bhasmasura — Mythlok	—	Copyrighted	Popular site equating Bhasmasura with Vrikasura; no scholarly source states the derivation.
Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga Temple — behindeverytemple.org unverified	—	Unknown
Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga, Pune — templesofindia.org unverified	—	Unknown	Popular temple site citing the Koti Rudra Samhita; not checked against the Purana.
Bhrigu, the Father of Fortune — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Popular telling with the three curses and the Bhrigupada mark; attribute as Pattanaik's.
Decoding the Hindu Trinity — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	The author's own interpretation; attribute as 'Pattanaik argues', never as tradition.
Difference between Kamba Ramayana and Valmiki Ramayana (en)	Hindu Blog · 2017	Copyrighted	Secondary comparison; take the points, write your own sentence.
Divine Games of Lord Shiva: Thiruvilayadal Puranam (en)	S. Ponnuswamy, Giri Trading · 2005	Copyrighted	Copyrighted English access to the 64 games; paraphrase, quote the Tamil original instead.
Dogs of the gods (en)	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	His interpretation of Datta's dogs is his own: write 'Pattanaik argues', never 'tradition says'.
Facts about Ramanathaswamy Temple — Vedicfeed	—	Copyrighted
Hanuman, the Mighty Hero — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted
History of Amrita Manthan — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Used only for how the roles shift between Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas; attribute as Pattanaik's reading.
Jagar: invoking divine energy through folk music (en)	Your Uttarakhand	Copyrighted	Regional blog; corroboration only.
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India (en)	Roberto Calasso, tr. Tim Parks; Adelphi / Knopf · 1998	Copyrighted	Copyrighted literary retelling (Italian 1996); inspiration at most, and his framing must not be borrowed.
Kaal Bhairav Temple, Varanasi — Tirthayatra.org	—	Copyrighted	Pilgrimage site; used for the Kapalamochana localisation.
Kalidasa Part VII: The great integrator — Indica Today	—	Copyrighted
Kalidasa on gods — Tamil and Vedas (blog)	—	Copyrighted	Non-scholarly; gives no canto or verse number.
Kanakadasa (en)	Kamat's Potpourri	Copyrighted	Biographical sketch; facts only.
Kapalamochana tirtha in Varanasi — Shiva Mahapurana blog	—	Copyrighted	Quotes a Shiva Purana verse on the skull falling; chapter not identified.
Krishna's heart in Lord Jagannath idol — talesofsanatan.com	—	Unknown	Popular belief; the temple keeps the Brahma Padartha secret, so this is belief, not record.
Legends of the Nath-Jogis — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted
Lingodbhava — Hinduism Facts	—	Copyrighted	Popular summary; lists the Puranas said to carry the story and the ketaki witness detail.
Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala (en)	Exotic India (article)	Copyrighted	Retail-site article; use for plot points only.
Lord Jagannath origin story (en)	Nandgram Dham (blog)	Copyrighted	Popular retelling of the Nilamadhava story; plot only, prefer Odisha Review for citation.
Lord Shiva and the poor old lady — learnhinduism.org	—	Unknown	Popular devotional site; names the puttu-seller Chemmanachelvi where common telling says Vanthi. Wikipedia's game list did not include the episode.
Lord Venkateswara — hinduismfacts.org	—	Unknown	Popular; loan figure differs from tirumalahills.org.
Mahabharata; Ramayana; Srimad Bhagavatam (retellings) (en)	Kamala Subramaniam, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan · 1965	Copyrighted	Copyrighted readable prose; paraphrase, and link the Bhavan, not free PDFs.
Manikarnika Ghat, Kashi — Tirthayatra	—	Copyrighted	Pilgrimage site quoting the Kashi-khanda (adhyaya 60 per a second listing that returned HTTP 500).
Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra (en)	Exotic India (article)	Copyrighted	Retail-site article; route and ritual details only.
Navel lotus (Lectures) — Vaniquotes	—	Copyrighted	Gaudiya Vaishnava commentary; sectarian scheme, not Purana text.
Origin of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu — templepurohit.com unverified	—	Unknown	Secondary summary of Shiva Purana Rudra Samhita (Srishti); chapter-level wording unverified against a translation.
Pardhan bards of the Gond: an origin story (en)	Naavalam (Substack)	Copyrighted	Newsletter retelling of the bards' version; plot only.
Pushkar, Rajasthan — Magik India	—	Copyrighted	Local-guide telling; overstates Pushkar as the only Brahma temple.
Ramayana; Mahabharata (retellings) (en)	C. Rajagopalachari, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan · 1957	Copyrighted	Copyrighted in India until 1 January 2033 and in the US to about 2053; archive.org copies are not rights-cleared. Use for sequence and tone, never copy.
Religious significance of the Brahmaputra river — The Divine India	—	Copyrighted
Sankaranarayanar, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli — TN Temples Project	—	Copyrighted	Temple-documentation blog retelling the sthala puranam; not a temple-published text.
Sastha (Aiyanar) (en)	Bronzes of India	Copyrighted	Iconographic notes on Shasta bronzes; paraphrase.
Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita, Sati khanda 1 — Boloji serialised paraphrase	—	Copyrighted
Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita, Srishti khanda 8 — Boloji serialised paraphrase	—	Copyrighted	Serialised paraphrase, not a scholarly translation; chapter attribution unverified.
Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita, Srishti khanda — part 8 (serialised paraphrase, Boloji) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Serialised paraphrase; the Rudra Samhita Srishti chapter on Vishnu-from-Shiva was not read in a primary translation.
Shiva Purana, Vidyeshvara Samhita — part 3 (serialised paraphrase, Boloji)	—	Copyrighted	Serialised paraphrase of the text, not a primary translation; used for story order only.
Shiva and Vishnu in My Son, Vietnam — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted	Pattanaik's frame for the medieval Shaiva–Vaishnava rivalry and its reconciliations; attribute as his.
Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy — aanmeegam.org	—	Unknown
Sri Gajendra Varadan Temple, Kapisthalam — templesinindiainfo.com	—	Unknown
Srimanta Sankardeva (en)	Drishti IAS	Copyrighted	Exam-prep summary; dates only.
Story of Shiva blessing Vishnu with the Sudarshana Chakra — Hindu Blog	—	Copyrighted	Cites no text.
Sudarshan Chakra: the sacred discus of Vishnu — Amar Chitra Katha blog unverified	—	Copyrighted	Only source for the Koti Rudra Samhita ch. 34 location of the lotus-eye story; unverified against a translation.
The Divine Loan: Lord Balaji and Kubera — tirumalahills.org	—	Unknown	Loan figures differ between popular sites; no textual citation for the sum.
The Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata Purana, Siva (modern renderings) (en)	Ramesh Menon, Rupa / HarperCollins India · 2004	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; a competitor, not a source. Narrative pacing only; never his sentences.
The Santhal and Sarna Dharma (en)	Magik India	Copyrighted	Travel-site summary; corroboration only.
The cursed god Brahma — Desi Highway	—	Copyrighted	Attributes Bhrigu's curse on Brahma to the Padma Purana; the attribution was not verified against the text.
The origin of Onam (en)	Varnam (Substack)	Copyrighted	Newsletter essay on the harvest link; facts only.
The scripture of the Warkari sect is Dnyaneshwari (en)	HubPages	Copyrighted	Weak secondary; replace with a scholarly source when possible.
Things to avoid on Maha Shivratri — Svastika	—	Copyrighted	Commercial blog; used only for the ketaki-not-offered custom.
Thiruvilayadal Puranam, sports 33-64 (summary) — Karkanirka	—	Copyrighted	English summaries of the 64 sports; dates Paranjothi to the early 1600s.
Thiruvilayadal: the 64 divine plays of Lord Shiva (en)	The Cultural Heritage of India (blog) · 2024	Copyrighted	Episode list only; paraphrase, never copy its sentences.
Tirupati: playing dice with a god in debt — Devdutt Pattanaik	Devdutt Pattanaik	Copyrighted
True meaning of Mahashivratri — Bhavam Bhavaani	—	Copyrighted	Devotional summary of Shiva Purana Vidyeshvara Samhita chs 6-8; wording unverified against a translation.
Vaikuntha Ekadashi 2025 — hindutone.com	—	Unknown	Popular site; source for the regional names Mukkoti / Swargavathil.
Veda Narayana Perumal (Brahma koil), Kumbakonam — TN Temples Project	—	Copyrighted
Vedanarayan Perumal Temple / Brahma Temple, Kumbakonam — Trawell	—	Copyrighted	Travel site; the only class of source that carries the legend.
Who gave the Sudarshan Chakra to Krishna — svastika.in unverified	—	Unknown	Claims Agni gives Krishna the discus in the Mahabharata; verify against Adi Parva before use.
Why is Buddha listed as an avatar of Vishnu? (en)	Vedapath	Copyrighted	Blog synthesis of the deluder-versus-compassion motives; check its verse references against Wilson.

Primary text (translation) 44

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Bhaktivedanta Vedabase: Srimad-Bhagavatam (en)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.), BBT · 1975	Copyrighted	Copyright Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, personal non-commercial use only. Use for verse numbers; never copy translations or purports, and note its Gaudiya Vaishnava standpoint.
Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 3 (Wisdom Library, Swami Vijnanananda translation) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Book 3 chapters 4–6 (Manidvipa episode) returned HTTP 403 on wisdomlib and sacred-texts; content from search listings and encyclopedia snippets only.
Devi Mahatmya, chapter 1: the slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha — devimahatmya.com	—	Unknown	Translation site with verse numbers; rights not stated, treat as copyrighted. Dutt's 1896 Markandeya Purana is the public-domain alternative.
Garuda Purana (en)	Manmatha Nath Dutt (tr.) · 1908	Public domain quotable	Public domain; afterlife material and the avatar list; quotable.
Hymns for the Drowning: Poems for Visnu by Nammalvar (en)	A. K. Ramanujan (tr.) · 1981	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; Alvar devotion to Vishnu. Short attributed quotes only; the Tamil originals are free.
Hymns of the Rigveda (Griffith, 1896) — sacred-texts.com unverified	R. T. H. Griffith (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	Returned HTTP 403 during research (Wikisource 404); RV 1.154 verbatim beyond the lines quoted on Wikipedia is unverified.
Hymns of the Rigveda, tr. R. T. H. Griffith (1896) — sacred-texts unverified	R. T. H. Griffith (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	sacred-texts returned 403 and the Wikisource page 404'd; RV 1.114, 2.33, 7.46, 10.92 wording unverified.
Internet Archive / Digital Library of India (en)	venue	Unknown	Mixed rights; the 'Public Domain Mark' is applied by uploaders and is unreliable for 1950s Indian books. Use scans of genuinely public-domain works only.
Internet Sacred Text Archive (sacred-texts.com) (en) unverified	John Bruno Hare (venue) · 1999	Unknown	Hosts public-domain translations; the underlying texts are quotable, the site claims its own HTML formatting. Returned 403 in parts of the research pass; verify pages before linking.
Linga Purana, chapter 17 — Origin of the Linga (Wisdom Library, J. L. Shastri translation) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Page returned HTTP 403 during research; chapter title confirmed from a search listing only. Chapter wording of the ketaki episode unverified.
Markandeya Purana (en)	Manmatha Nath Dutt (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	Public domain; Devi Mahatmya and the Anasuya material; quotable.
Other AITM Puranas (Bhagavata 1950, Padma 1951, Kurma 1951, Brahma 1955) (en)	Motilal Banarsidass (various translators) · 1955	Unknown	Archive.org marks these public domain but later Motilal editions carry copyright notices; status uncertain, treat as copyrighted and use only for cross-checking.
Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita 23.36-40 — siva.sh	—	Unknown	Verse-level text; rights of the translation not stated.
Shivayan (Shibayan) (bn)	Rameswar Bhattacharya; Calcutta University edition 1957 · 1750	Public domain quotable	The c. 1750 Bengali poem is public domain and may be quoted in the original; the 1957 CU edition's introduction and apparatus are copyrighted. Render lines into English yourself.
Skanda Purana, Kashi-khanda chapter 31 — The Manifestation of Bhairava (Wisdom Library) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Page returned HTTP 403; chapter title from a search listing only.
Speaking of Siva (en)	A. K. Ramanujan (tr.) · 1973	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; the Kannada vachanas are public domain but his English is not. Quote a line or two with credit at most; otherwise render the originals yourself.
Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) (en)	Manmatha Nath Dutt (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	The only complete public-domain English Bhagavata; use it for Vamana and Bali, Narasimha, Dattatreya and the avatar list, quoting with translator and year.
Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase), cited by canto.chapter	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted	BBT copyright, personal non-commercial use; used for verse numbers and plot only, never purports. Locators: 3.12, 4.1.15, 7.10, 8.6, 8.7, 8.12, 10.88, 10.89.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.88 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.89 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.32 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted	The Chaitanya identification is the Gaudiya commentary's reading, not the verse's plain text.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.12 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.20 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted	BBT copyright; verse numbers only, Gaudiya standpoint; never copy purports.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.8 — Bhaktivedanta Vedabase	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted	BBT copyright; verse numbers only, never copy purports; Gaudiya standpoint.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.12 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.22 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.7 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted	BBT copyright; verse numbers only, Gaudiya standpoint; never copy purports.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.8 (Bhaktivedanta Vedabase)	A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (tr.)	Copyrighted
The Hymns of the Rigveda (en)	R. T. H. Griffith (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	Public domain; Vedic Vishnu and Rudra hymns, quotable but flag it as a dated translation.
The Linga Purana (2 parts) (en) unverified	J. L. Shastri, Motilal Banarsidass · 1951	Copyrighted	Same status as the Siva Purana: paraphrase only. Linga origin stories and Shiva's 28 avatars.
The Linga Purana (2 parts), tr. J. L. Shastri — via Wisdom Library unverified	J. L. Shastri (tr.) · 1951	Copyrighted	HTTP 403 during research; chapter 17 attribution unverified.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (en)	Kisari Mohan Ganguli (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	1883–96; the only complete English Mahabharata in the public domain. Quote epic episodes verbatim with credit; also on Wikisource.
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883–96) — sacred-texts unverified	K. M. Ganguli (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	sacred-texts returned 403 during research; Vana/Shalya/Anushasana Parva passages cited via Wikipedia summaries.
The Ramayana and Mahabharata condensed into English verse (en)	Romesh C. Dutt · 1899	Public domain quotable	Public domain abridged verse; short quotable lines with credit.
The Ramayana of Valmiki (verse) (en)	Ralph T. H. Griffith (tr.) · 1874	Public domain quotable	1870–74, public domain (Griffith d. 1906). Quotable Valmiki to set against Kamban, the Jain and the Southeast Asian tellings.
The Siva Purana (4 vols), tr. J. L. Shastri — via Wisdom Library unverified	J. L. Shastri (tr.) · 1950	Copyrighted	wisdomlib.org returned HTTP 403 during research; samhita/khanda attributions rest on Wikipedia's summaries. Motilal copyright; archive.org PD mark unreliable.
The Siva Purana (4 vols, Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology 1–4) (en)	J. L. Shastri (tr./ed.), Motilal Banarsidass · 1950	Copyrighted	Still sold under copyright; archive.org's 'Public Domain Mark' on 1950s Motilal volumes is uploader-applied and not reliable. Read for story order and detail, then write your own prose; also on wisdomlib.org (403 during research).
The Vishnu Purana, Book I ch. 2 — H. H. Wilson (1840) unverified	H. H. Wilson (tr.) · 1840	Public domain quotable	sacred-texts.com returned HTTP 403 during the research pass; the golden-egg wording is uncited until checked.
The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition (en)	H. H. Wilson (tr.) · 1840	Public domain quotable	Public domain in India and the US (Wilson d. 1860). Quote at any length with translator and year; the footnotes cross-reference other Puranas. Also on archive.org (dli.ministry.24500).
Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam (Tamil e-text) (ta)	Paranjothi Munivar; Shaivam.org volunteers	Public domain quotable	The Tamil original is ancient and free to quote; the e-text is a volunteer transcription, so check readings against a printed edition before quoting.
Vishnu Puranam (en)	Manmatha Nath Dutt (tr.) · 1896	Public domain quotable	Plain-prose alternative to Wilson, public domain in both countries (Dutt 1855–1912); quotable with credit.
Wikisource (en)	Wikimedia Foundation and contributors	Creative Commons quotable	Proofread public-domain texts with stable links; Wikisource's own additions are CC BY-SA. Preferred for verbatim Ganguli and Griffith.
Wisdom Library (wisdomlib.org) (en) unverified	venue	Unknown	Hosts both public-domain texts (Wilson) and copyrighted ones (Shastri, Mani) as free-to-read; check each item's rights and quote only the public-domain ones. Returned 403 during the research pass.

Scholarly 39

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Banaras: City of Light (en)	Diana L. Eck · 1982	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; Shiva's Kashi. Cite arguments and facts with her name.
Bhagwan, the Supreme Deity of the Bhils (Anthropos 35–36) (en)	Wilhelm Koppers · 1941	Unknown	Public domain in India from 2022 (Koppers d. 1961) but still copyrighted in the EU; treat as copyrighted. Cite for the Bhil creator-god; death date not verified from a primary source.
Colonial in the vernacular: the god Jagannath and his 'tribal' origins in the state of Odisha (en)	Politika	Copyrighted	Critique of the tribal-origin thesis as colonial in descent; cite as a scholarly position.
Colonial in the vernacular: the god Jagannath and his tribal origins in the state of Odisha — Politika	—	Copyrighted
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (chart) (en)	Cornell University Library · 2026	Creative Commons quotable	CC-licensed guide, updated yearly. The tool for deciding US public-domain status: before 1931 free, 1931–63 renewed works 95 years from publication.
Copyright and translated content (en)	IPWatchdog · 2021	Copyrighted	Explains that a translation carries its own copyright over a public-domain original; the reason to check the translator, not just the text.
Cosmography in the oral tradition of the Santhals: an anthropological perspective (en)	eTribal Tribune	Copyrighted	Anthropological account of the Santal creation; cite the author.
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India (en)	Diana L. Eck · 1981	Copyrighted	Copyrighted (3rd ed. 1998); how images are seen. Cite, paraphrase.
Elephanta Sadashiva — University of Mumbai, Sanskrit Bhavan	—	Unknown
Epics in the oral genre system of Tulunadu (en)	B. A. Viveka Rai, Oral Tradition journal · 1996	Copyrighted	Scholarly account of paddanas; cite the author for arguments.
Exception to infringement of copyright: Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (en)	Mondaq · 2022	Copyrighted	Practitioner note on fair dealing; supports the rule that a short attributed quote inside a discussion is defensible, wholesale reuse is not.
Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit (en)	Wendy Doniger (O'Flaherty) · 1975	Copyrighted	Copyrighted Penguin Classic. Use it to locate passages by verse number, then quote the public-domain translation or paraphrase; a short attributed quote only within a discussion of her translation. First-edition year taken from the listing.
Indian Folklife (National Folklore Support Centre, Chennai) (en)	National Folklore Support Centre · 2001	Creative Commons quotable	Open-access folklore quarterly with author copyright; check each article's own notice before quoting. Back issues mirrored on Sahapedia.
Jagannath Cult and its Linkage with Tribal Culture — Odisha Review (Jun–Jul 2019)	—	Copyrighted	Government of Odisha magazine; named authors hold copyright.
Jagannath cult and its linkage with tribal culture (Odisha Review, June–July 2019) (en)	Government of Odisha, named author · 2019	Copyrighted	Same series; cite author and issue.
Kali rises in the East (en)	British Museum blog	Copyrighted	Museum essay on Kali's Bengal image; do not reuse images.
Lord Jagannath: the tribal deity (Odisha Review, June–July 2007) (en)	Government of Odisha, named author · 2007	Copyrighted	Government magazine article by a named author; cite author and issue, paraphrase.
Mamallapuram Trimurti Cave — Puratattva	—	Unknown	Heritage-documentation site summarising Vogel, Dubreuil, Gopinatha Rao, Lockwood and Nagaswamy.
Mamallapuram Trimurti Cave — Puratattva	—	Unknown	Heritage-documentation site summarising Vogel, Dubreuil, Gopinatha Rao, Lockwood and Nagaswamy on the left shrine.
Manifestation of the unmanifested: Shiva sculptures of the Kailash temple, Ellora — Sahapedia	—	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; the non-commercial clause may exclude an ad-supported site, so paraphrase and cite rather than reuse.
Memory and visual politics of Gond religion (Seminar 740) (en)	Mayuri Patankar, India Seminar · 2021	Copyrighted	Scholarly essay on the Kangali retelling and Kachargarh; cite the author.
National experiences with the protection of expressions of folklore (en)	WIPO	Copyrighted	Background on why folklore has no individual author under copyright; cite, paraphrase.
Paumacariya: a critical study (en) unverified	Wisdom Library (hosted thesis)	Copyrighted	wisdomlib.org returned 403 in parts of the research pass; verify the page before citing it in print.
Protection of folklore (guest post) (en)	SpicyIP · 2010	Copyrighted	Blog analysis of folklore and Indian copyright; cite the argument.
R. G. Anand v. M/s Delux Films & Ors. (AIR 1978 SC 1613) (en)	Supreme Court of India · 1978	Public domain quotable	Judgment text (public). Holds that ideas, themes, plots and legendary facts are common property; the basis for retelling any traditional story freely while never copying an author's expression.
Reamker (en)	Asia Society (education) · 2025	Copyrighted	Educational summary of the Khmer epic; paraphrase.
Rural livelihood of eighteenth-century Bengal in perspectives of Shivayana by Rameswara Bhattacharya (en)	Academia.edu paper (author as listed)	Copyrighted	Scholarly reading of the peasant Shiva; cite the argument, paraphrase.
Shibayan (Famine and Dearth project) (en)	University of Exeter	Copyrighted	Project page with excerpt and context; the excerpt's translation is the project's.
Shiva Revealed in the Linga (Lingodbhavamurti), Chola bronze — The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 38137 unverified	—	Copyrighted	Object page returned HTTP 429; title taken from a search listing.
Speaking of Siva — book excerpt page (en)	IIT Kanpur (Amit Mukerjee) hosting Ramanujan's introduction	Copyrighted	Convenient excerpt of Ramanujan's framing ('protest movement'); short attributed quote at most.
The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India (en)	C. J. Fuller · 2004	Copyrighted	1992, rev. 2004. Copyrighted anthropology of village deities and possession; the reference for how local gods relate to Puranic ones. Cite, paraphrase.
The Copyright Act, 1957 (India), ss. 13, 22, 52 (en)	Government of India · 1957	Public domain quotable	Statute text, no copyright bar. Section 22 gives life plus sixty years; section 52 the narrow fair-dealing window; section 13 originality of expression.
The Cult of Jagannath and the Regional Tradition of Orissa (en)	A. Eschmann, H. Kulke, G. C. Tripathi (eds), Manohar · 1978	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; the archive.org upload is not rights-cleared, so link the publisher or a review. Cite 'Eschmann argued' for the tribal-origin thesis and the Narasimha and Nabakalebara layers.
The Cult of Vithoba (en)	G. A. Deleury, Deccan College, Poona · 1960	Copyrighted	Treat as copyrighted (death date unconfirmed). Source for 'Vitthala' as the oldest attested name and the Shiva/Vishnu layering; cited here via Wikipedia's summary.
The Presence of Siva (en)	Stella Kramrisch · 1981	Copyrighted	Copyrighted Princeton study of Shiva from Veda to Purana and of Elephanta; cite her readings by name, never lift her prose.
The Rama story as embellished by Kamban (en)	Delhi Comparatists · 2021	Copyrighted	Use for the Kamban–Valmiki contrasts; cite as a reading, paraphrase.
The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual (en)	Vasudha Narayanan · 1994	Copyrighted	Copyrighted scholarship on how Tamil Srivaishnavas treat the Tiruvaymoli as scripture; cite for facts and arguments, paraphrase.
The Village Gods of South India (en)	Henry Whitehead · 1921	Public domain quotable	1916, 2nd ed. 1921; public domain in India and the US. Foundational description of Aiyanar and village rites; quote with a colonial-era caveat. US renewal status of reprints unchecked.
Wilhelm Koppers (Bérose biography) (fr)	Bérose encyclopaedia	Copyrighted	Biography and bibliography for Koppers; use to cite his Bhil work correctly.

Media 17

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Amit Shah's Vamana Jayanthi wishes ahead of Onam trigger controversy — The News Minute (2016)	—	Copyrighted
Anger in Kerala as Amit Shah turns Onam into Brahminical Vamana Jayanti — The Wire (2016)	—	Copyrighted
Bengal has two Shiva traditions: the potbellied peasant and the king of Kailash (en)	Scroll.in · 2019	Copyrighted	Journalism on the two Bengali Shivas; paraphrase.
Gond Punem philosophy (Mahishasur discourse) (en)	Forward Press · 2017	Copyrighted	Advocacy journalism; use for the revival movement's own framing, attributed.
Kanakadasa (Daijiworld feature) (en)	Daijiworld	Copyrighted	Regional press on the Udupi window story.
Kolhapur Mahalakshmi's Tirupati connection — Live History India	—	Copyrighted	Magazine article; itself says the Lakshmi-exile link is recent and absent from religious texts.
Onam's forgotten roots (2026) (en)	Organiser · 2026	Copyrighted	The other side of the dispute, dated 2026; present as one position, not as fact.
Pot-Pourri: Son of Lord Brahma — The Sentinel (Assam)	—	Copyrighted	Press retelling of the Kalika Purana, not a translation.
Sanskritisation of Tamil Nadu's village gods (en)	The Federal · 2024	Copyrighted	Reportage on priests trained to dress village gods in Puranic style; cite as news, paraphrase.
Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960 film) — Wikipedia	—	Creative Commons quotable
The Hindu Trinity Myth — Hinduism Today (Oct-Dec 2005) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Title and listing only; article not fetched. Shaiva-run magazine.
The RSS attempt to rewrite Onam (en)	The Caravan · 2016	Copyrighted	The 2016 Vamana Jayanti row; cite as reportage of a political dispute.
The asura who won hearts: Kerala's Onam and its subversive significance (en)	The Wire	Copyrighted	One side of the Onam dispute; cite with the date and as opinion.
The divine deities from Kantara: Guliga and Panjurli (en)	Live History India	Copyrighted	The Panjurli origin as told in Tulu paddanas; paraphrase.
Trimurti Cave Temple, Mamallapuram — Incredible India	—	Unknown	Government tourism page; presents the Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva reading without caveat.
Village gods of Alanganallur, Madurai (en)	The Quint	Copyrighted	Colour on a living Aiyanar shrine; facts only.
Wendy Doniger: On Hinduism (review) — Boloji	—	Copyrighted	Review; Doniger's own text not consulted.

Temple tradition 17

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Arulmigu Sankaranarayana Swamy Thirukkoil, Sankarankovil — Tenkasi District (Government of Tamil Nadu)	—	Copyrighted
Dance of the Divine: Vishnumoorthy (e-book) (en)	Kerala Tourism	Copyrighted	Performance description of the Theyyam; facts only.
Karthigai Festival — Tiruvannamalai District (Government of Tamil Nadu)	—	Copyrighted	District government account of the fire-hill legend; no ketaki flower and no beheading in this telling.
Karthigai Festival — Tiruvannamalai District (NIC)	—	Copyrighted
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple, Ujjain — MP Tourism	—	Copyrighted
Mythological significance — kumbh.gov.in (official festival site)	—	Copyrighted
Nabakalebara — Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri (en)	Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration	Copyrighted	The temple's official account of the renewal rite and the Daitas' role; cite as the official version.
Sabarimala: Mythology — Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala)	—	Copyrighted	State tourism telling; omits Vavar, the eighteen steps and Shabari. The temple board's own site was not reached.
Sabarimala: mythology (en)	Kerala Tourism	Copyrighted	Official Ayyappa legend; the temple board's own telling was not fetched.
Somnath darshan — Shree Somnath Trust (en)	Shree Somnath Trust	Copyrighted	Trust-owned site; cite as the official Somnath legend, paraphrase, no photographs.
Tamil Nadu HR&CE temple pages (ta)	Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Government of Tamil Nadu	Unknown	Government site with no explicit copyright or open-licence notice found; treat as copyrighted. Cite as the official temple legend and festival calendar; the state Information Commission has ordered temples to publish their sthalapuranams.
Temple Legends — tirumala.org (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) unverified	—	Copyrighted	Page text did not load during research; the Tirumala telling is cited through Wikipedia and Pattanaik.
The Holy Shrine — Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board	—	Copyrighted
The holy shrine — Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (en)	Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board	Copyrighted	Official board page; cite as the official legend, paraphrase.
The legend of Mahabali (Onam) (en)	Kerala Tourism, Government of Kerala	Copyrighted	The state's official version of the Onam story; cite as such, paraphrase, do not copy images.
Thrikkakara charitham (en)	Kerala Tourism	Copyrighted	Thrikkakara as the place of the foot; official tourism account.
Types of Theyyam, Kasaragod (en)	Kerala Tourism	Copyrighted	List of Theyyam forms including the Vaishnava ones.

Folk documentation 12

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Bhil flood folklore (en)	Curious Taxonomy (flood-myth compilation)	Unknown	Compiler's summary of published versions; treat as copyrighted, chase the original collectors.
Culture of the Baiga people (en)	Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	Context on Baiga earth-guardianship; same licence.
Gajan: an overview (en)	Judhajit Sarkar, Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	Main documentation of the peasant Shiva of Gajan; CC BY-NC-SA, attribute the author, non-commercial only.
Gajon and Baalaagaan: the oral tradition of Shiva culture in the 24 Parganas (en)	Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	Village-level Gajan documentation; same licence caveat.
Gleaning historical materials from a myth: the Asur legend (PDF) (en)	Sahapedia · 2019	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-NC-SA unless the PDF states otherwise; check the file's own notice.
IGNCA Janapada Sampada / tribal documentation (en) unverified	Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts	Unknown	No specific page was fetched in the research pass; recorded so the gap is visible. Government of India material, check each item's terms.
Mangal Kavyas: Bengal's performative folklores that humanised gods (en)	Centre for Contemporary Folklore · 2025	Copyrighted	Essay on humanised gods in the mangalkavyas; facts only.
Myths of Middle India (en)	Verrier Elwin · 1949	Unknown	Public domain in India from 1 January 2025 (Elwin d. 1964) but US renewal status is unknown, so treat as copyrighted for verbatim use on a global site; the Baiga, Gond and Bhil creation tellings inside are the tellers' own and may be retold freely with 'recorded by Elwin (1949)'.
Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage: saints, sandals and salvation (en)	Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-NC-SA; paraphrase and cite unless the non-commercial condition is met.
Sahapedia (site licence) (en)	Sahapedia, various authors · 2015	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 unless a page says otherwise: attribute the author with a link, mark changes, share alike, non-commercial only. Whether an ad-supported site counts as commercial was not researched; paraphrase and cite to be safe.
Some legends and folk stories of the Baiga people of central India (en)	Riddhi Pandey, Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	Crow-and-tortoise creation and other Baiga tales; CC BY-NC-SA, attribute the collector.
Yakshagana: the performance (en)	Sahapedia	Creative Commons quotable	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: attribute with link, share alike, non-commercial only; an ad-supported site should paraphrase rather than reuse.

Children's 2

Title	Author / year	Rights	Notes
Amar Chitra Katha comics (Shiva, Vishnu, Mahabharata and others) (en)	Anant Pai et al., Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd · 1967	Copyrighted	Copyrighted; the site's terms forbid any reproduction without written permission. Child-level plot outlines only; never reuse panels, captions or text.
Ravana and Brahma — Amar Chitra Katha	—	Copyrighted	Children's retelling; terms prohibit reproduction. Plot outline only.