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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

Temple legend · 1 telling · contested

Ghushma's hundred and one lingas

The brahmin Sudharma and his wife Sudeha have no child.

Ghushma, Sudeha, Shiva, Grishneshwar

West India

Temple legend · 4 tellings · contested

The Pushkar sacrifice and Savitri's curse

Brahma kills the demon Vajranabha with his lotus-weapon.

Brahma, Savitri, Gayatri, Vajranabha

West India