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Everywhere Pan-India 240 South India 81 West India 37 East India 37 North India 28 The Himalaya 17 Northeast India 8 Southeast Asia 6 Central India 5 Sri Lanka 1

Temple legend · 5 tellings · contested

Vayu and Shesha contend at Meru

The Wind and the serpent test their strength on a mountain; the broken pieces become holy hills of the south and the island of Lanka.

Vayu, Shesha, Vishnu, Brahma

South India Sri Lanka