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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

Temple legend · 1 telling · contested

Shiva's own city

Kashi is held to stand on the point of Shiva's trident, apart from the earth.

Shiva, Parvati, Kashi (Varanasi)

North India

Festival story · 2 tellings · contested

The day the gate of Vaikuntha opens

On the bright eleventh of Dhanu the gate of Vaikuntha is believed to open; Srirangam's Paramapada Vasal and Tirumala's Vaikunta Dvaram are passed through, and the Padma Purana tells of the demon Mura and the power named Ekadashi.

Vishnu, Murasura, Ekadashi (Yogamaya), Ranganatha

South India

Temple legend · 1 telling · contested

The earring in Vishnu's well

Vishnu comes to Kashi and digs a pit with his discus.

Vishnu, Shiva, Parvati, Kashi (Varanasi)

North India