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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

Local story · 1 telling · contested

The Brahmaputra, son of Brahma

Brahma sees Amogha, wife of the sage Shantanu, and desires her.

Brahma, Amogha, Shantanu (sage of the Kalika Purana), Brahmaputra river

Northeast India

Temple legend · 3 tellings · contested

The demon of the Sahyadri and the Bhima river

A demon oppresses the gods and men from the Sahyadri hills.

Shiva, The Tripura demons, Bhimasura, Kamarupa

Northeast India West India