Stories 2
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 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
✕ underground river
cursesacrificedevotionpridebooncreationdisguisemarriagetestbirthsupremacybargaindeathfirehealingpenancerescuepilgrimagerivercraftfestivaldancegiftrivalryearthemanationfriendshipnightdesirefear
Temple legend · 3 tellings · contested
Saraswati carries the Vadava fire to the sea
Sarasvati, as a river running under the earth, carries the world-burning Vadava fire to the western ocean.
Temple legend · 1 telling · contested
The lord of the single mango tree
Shiva is worshipped under a lone mango tree, which names the place Ekamra.