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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. |