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Folk tale · 1 telling

The boar Shiva sent to earth

A piglet raised by Parvati in Shiva's garden grows wild; instead of killing it Shiva sends it down to protect people, and it becomes the Tulu guardian Panjurli.

Panjurli, Shiva, Parvati

South India