Stories 3
All kinds
Origin
Legend
Local story
Folk tale
From the epics
Festival story
Temple legend
In stone and bronze
How a tradition frames it
Everywhere
Pan-India 240
South India 81
West India 37
East India 37
North India 28
The Himalaya 17
Northeast India 8
Southeast Asia 6
Central India 5
Sri Lanka 1
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Legend · 2 tellings · contested
Aditi's milk vow and the birth of Vamana
Aditi, grieving for her sons who have lost heaven to Bali, keeps the payovrata and Vishnu is born as her son Vamana.
Legend · 4 tellings · contested
How Savitr came by his golden hands
The Rigveda simply calls Savitr golden-handed. The Kaushitaki Brahmana explains it by the dangerous Brahman's portion; the Mahabharata by Rudra's bow.
Legend · 4 tellings · contested
Prajapati falls apart and is rebuilt
Prajapati creates the worlds, the gods and the creatures out of himself.