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Legend · 5 tellings · contested

Daksha's sacrifice and the death of Sati

At a gathering Shiva stays seated when Daksha enters; Daksha reads it as contempt.

Daksha, Sati, Shiva, Virabhadra

The Himalaya Pan-India