It can only happen in India: temples to certified villains. In the epic Mahabharat, Duryodhan is the villain who tries killing the Pandavas, who tricks them of their kingdom, who publicly humiliates their wife, Draupadi, and finally refuses to keep his end of the agreement leading to a horrible fratricidal war on the plains of Kurukshetra.

While modern storytellers have tried to paint Duryodhan as one who deserves to be killed, traditional storytelling prefers viewing him as a child of a blind father and blindfolded mother, who lost a control of his better judgement. Since in Indian thought, nothing is evil, Duryodhan is not evil. He is merely a victim of fear and ignorance, and like everyone else had redeeming qualities, more visible to those who were his friends. And these friends, and allies, built shrines to this hero.