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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 94 South India 66 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

Shiva's own city

Kashi is held to stand on the point of Shiva's trident, apart from the earth.

Shiva, Parvati, Kashi (Varanasi)

North India

Temple legend · 1 telling · contested

The earring in Vishnu's well

Vishnu comes to Kashi and digs a pit with his discus.

Vishnu, Shiva, Parvati, Kashi (Varanasi)

North India