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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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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

Ravana loses the atmalinga

Ravana wins Shiva's own linga by fierce penance, to take home to Lanka.

Ravana, Shiva, Atmalinga, Ganesha

East India West India

Folk tale · 2 tellings · contested

The demon who could burn with a touch

A demon worships Shiva with terrible austerities, offering pieces of his own body.

Bhasmasura, Vrikasura, Shiva, Vishnu

Pan-India South India