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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

Legend · 3 tellings · contested

Mahishasura's boon: no man shall kill him

The buffalo demon Mahishasura wins a boon that no man can kill him.

Mahishasura, Durga, Brahma

East India Pan-India South India

Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

Ravana loses the atmalinga

Ravana wins Shiva's own linga by fierce penance, to take home to Lanka.

Ravana, Shiva, Atmalinga, Ganesha

East India West India