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Various Hindu scriptures refer to the personification of the Himalayas by different names, and hence Himavat is also called
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on the peaks of the Himalayas to appease Himavat, which led to his eldest son,
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and her father Himavat. It deals with the universal form of the
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Index

Himavan

Devanagari
Himalayas
Brahma
Saraswati
Jambavan
Narada
Ganga
Parvati
Mainaka
Sanskrit
lit.
Himalayan mountains
Hinduism
Himalayas
Mahabharata
Hindu scriptures
Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Ganga
Parvati
Shiva
queen consort
Mount Meru
Ramayana
Vishnu Purana
Shiva Purana

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