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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

The antelope's horn at Pashupatinath

Shiva and Parvati, tired of the gods, wander the Kathmandu valley as an antelope and a doe.

Shiva, Parvati, Pashupatinath, Shiva linga

The Himalaya South India