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Legend · 2 tellings · contested

Markandeya and the noose of death

The childless sage Mrikandu is offered by Shiva a choice: a good son who dies at sixteen or a fool who lives long.

Markandeya, Mrikandu, Yama, Shiva

Pan-India South India