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| 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. |