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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 94 South India 66 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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In stone and bronze · 3 tellings · contested

The five faces and the five acts

Shiva's eternal form is pictured with five faces turned to the quarters and upward.

Sadashiva, Shiva

The Himalaya Pan-India West India