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Temple legend · 1 telling · contested

Parvati's penance on the hill of fire

After the quarrel of Brahma and Vishnu the pillar of fire cools into the red hill of Arunachala.

Parvati, Shiva, Tiruvannamalai (Arunachala), Ardhanarishvara

South India