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 95
South India 67
West India 30
East India 22
North India 15
The Himalaya 12
Northeast India 5
Southeast Asia 4
Central India 4
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Tradition: Shaiva · clear
Temple legend · 1 telling · contested
Shiva's own city
Kashi is held to stand on the point of Shiva's trident, apart from the earth.
Temple legend · 1 telling · contested
The earring in Vishnu's well
Vishnu comes to Kashi and digs a pit with his discus.
Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested
The twelve pillars of light
Brahma and Vishnu quarrel over who is supreme.