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Festivals
She gave up food, then water, then even the fallen leaves. The gods named her for what she refused.
She had already decided. That was the difficulty.
Parvati, daughter of the mountain, had decided she would marry Shiva. He was not interested. He was sitting somewhere on a peak in meditation, and he had shown no sign of noticing she existed.
Her parents suggested she reconsider. She did not.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.