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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

Tradition: Shaiva · clear

How a tradition frames it · 1 telling · contested

Vishnu created from Shiva's left side

The Shiva Purana has Shiva bring Vishnu forth from the left of his body as the embodiment of sattva and assign him the work of preservation.

Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma

Pan-India