Devalok

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
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Tradition: Shaiva · clear

Legend · 5 tellings · contested

Daksha's sacrifice and the death of Sati

At a gathering Shiva stays seated when Daksha enters; Daksha reads it as contempt.

Daksha, Sati, Shiva, Virabhadra

The Himalaya Pan-India

Legend · 4 tellings · contested

Shiva drinks the poison

Gods and demons churn the ocean of milk for the nectar.

Shiva, Parvati, Vishnu, Brahma

The Himalaya Pan-India