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Yama Loga is the abode of Lord Yama, the god of death in Hinduism. It is equivalent to the concept of Hell in Christianity and other religions, as Yama is also the god of punishment. It is believed in Hindu mythology that Yama's divine assistant Lord Chitragupta maintains the individual deeds of each and every person in the world, and based on the some total of his deeds the person is either sent to Swarga Loga (Heaven) or here. In some cases, the mythology describes that even people who have done a majority of good deeds could come to Yama Loga for the redemption for the small sins they have committed, and once the punishments have been served for those sins they could be sent to heaven. In the epic of Mahabharatha, even the Pandavas (who represent the righteousness and virtuousness) had to spend a brief time the hell, for their small sins.
