The Siva rahasya Lists 1008 Abodes of Lord Shiva with Mount Kailash at the center.
The names of these Abodes contain the word 'ishwaram'
I have not been able to link them with places .
However these names, if we remove the portion 'Ishwaram', we can find the names of the Murthis of Shiva spread around India.
It also serves a social purpose , that of uniting the family members in all the functions.
In one festival celebrated in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gujarat States of India meets the psychological needs a newly married bride.
In the early days distance was an issue, girls married to a far off place would feel lonelyand feel depressed.
She develops a close friendship with a woman, of nearly the same age, of the bride and both the girls share their joys and sorrows.
There is another legend.
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