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Local story · 2 tellings · contested
Dharmapada and the crowning stone of Konark
Twelve hundred craftsmen under Bisu Maharana build the Sun temple for years.
Temple legend · 4 tellings · contested
Saraswati's temples: Sharada in Kashmir, Basar, Koothanur
How the goddess of learning came to be seen at her few temples: Shandilya's journey in Kashmir, Vyasa's sand images at Basar, the poet's village at Koothanur, and her spring festival in Bengal.