Duryodhana and the 101 Kauravas temples of kerela, India
Despised in most of India, The eldest Kaurava Duryodhana has a temple in kollam which witness millions of devotees every year. Around 20 lakh devotees visit Poruvazhy Peruviruthy Malanda temple and offer prayers to Duryodhana and his 100 siblings including Yuyutsu who opted to join the Pandavas to fight Kauravas.
And it's not only the 101 Kauravas, Dushala(their sister), Shakuni and Karna also have temples around 50 km of radius. The Kauravas community in Kerela worship them and consider them as their ancestors.
The belief:
During the exile of Pandavas, the tired and thirsty Duryodhana, along with other Kauravas including Karna and Shakuni, approached their community to take some rest and food. They were served with palm wine and offered the village to take rest for a couple of days.
Duryodhana promised to return to their village to celebrate more days with the community, but he never returned. Assuming they all died, the villagers performed their last rites. However, they believe that his spirit still resides here as he gifted vast swathes of agricultural land to the villagers
Although, it is still to be cleared authentically that did Duryodhana ever stepped there? Faith brings love for many