When Indra and the gods hurled King Trishanku back from heaven headfirst, Vishwamitra caught him midfall and, burning with rage, created an entire rival heaven in the southern sky to receive the king — a feat so audacious the gods had to negotiate a compromise that left Trishanku hanging upside-down among new stars for eternity.
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