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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
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Legend · 1 telling · contested

Brahma, Sandhya and the curse on Kama

Brahma's mind-born daughter Sandhya is so beautiful that Kama tests his new arrows on the gathering.

Brahma, Sandhya, Kamadeva, Shiva

Pan-India

Legend · 4 tellings · contested

Kama burnt by the third eye

Taraka can die only to a son of Shiva, and Shiva sits in grief and meditation after Sati.

Kamadeva, Shiva, Parvati, Rati

Pan-India South India

Origin · 6 tellings · contested

Saraswati: daughter, consort, or both

Brahma's body splits into a male and a female half.

Brahma, Saraswati, Svayambhuva Manu, Kamadeva

Pan-India

Origin · 2 tellings · contested

Why Brahma has four heads

Brahma's four heads face the four directions and stand for the four Vedas.

Brahma, Saraswati

Pan-India