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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 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
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In stone and bronze · 3 tellings · contested

The five faces and the five acts

Shiva's eternal form is pictured with five faces turned to the quarters and upward.

Sadashiva, Shiva

The Himalaya Pan-India West India