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Festival story · 2 tellings · contested
Mahabali comes home for Onam
Kerala remembers Bali as the just king pushed under the earth by Vishnu's dwarf, who returns each year at harvest to see his people.
Festival story · 4 tellings · contested
Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Brahmins follow the Pandavas into exile; Yudhishthira cannot feed them.