page_title: Bhavani, Tamil Nadu
section_title: Legend
hierarchical_section_title: Bhavani, Tamil Nadu / Legend
caption_attribution_description: English: Sangameswarar temple
context_page_description: Bhavani is a town in Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated in the northern periphery of Erode and is around 107 km from Coimbatore and 60 km from Tiruppur. Bhavani is also known as "Carpet City" as it is known for its carpet industry – blankets and carpets manufactured in the town are known as Bhavani Jamakkalam. As of 2011, the town covers an area of 2.17 square kilometres and has a population of 39,225. It is a grade II municipality.
  Bhavani is located 14 kilometres north of Erode Junction. The Mettur Dam, which creates the Stanley Reservoir, is 41 kilometres from Bhavani. Sangameswarar Temple, one of the seven holy Shiva shrines of the Kongu Nadu, is located in Bhavani near the confluence of the rivers. The temple serves 18 villages surrounding the town. The Kunnuvarankottai Kasi Visalakshi-Viswanathar Temple is situated nearby Kooduthurai.
context_section_description: According to Hindu legends, Kubera, son of Visirava (Visrava) was given an aircraft in recognition of his devotion to Lord Shiva. While visiting all the Shiva temples at various places in the country, he saw an Ilandhai Jujube tree on the banks of the Kaveri river where deers, tigers, cows, elephants, snakes and rats were drinking water without any sign of enmity among them. It was a place inhabited by holy men, gandharvas and such good people. Kubera heard a voice from the sky saying that the Vedas came to the earth at this place near the Ilandhai tree and that there was a Shivalinga beneath it and advised him to worship the Lord and reap the benefits. The Lord "Shiva" thereafter appeared before Kubera. At his request, the Lord also is named Azhagesan.
  This is the place where rivers Kaveri, Bhavani and Amirtha (invisible) meet. People perform rites here to satisfy their departed elders. The other speciality in Bhavani is that when dead bodies are burnt, the skulls do not scatter as generally found in graveyards at other places. It is said that this is because there are 1008 Sivalingas under the earth. For cure from high fever, people offer rice prepared with pepper and jeeragam to the Lord and get cured. Besides these prayer offerings, people also come here for removal of obstacles to marriage.
  The Amirthalingeswarar in the temple is placed on a seat called Avudayar according to Saiva principles. It is a mobile one that can be removed and placed on the seat again. Men and women seeking boons for children take the Sivalinga, perform puja and walk around it for three times and place it back on the Avudayar. The Amirthalinga is in the southern entrance of the temple. The other names of the Lord here are Azhagesan, Sangamanathar, Maruthulingam, Vakreswara, Nattatriwara and Thirunannavudayar. The Goddess Vedanayaki is also known as Sangameswari, Bhavani Amman, Maruthunayaki and Vakreswari. It is said that the four Vedas came into being on this soil.
  The main deity of this town Sri Sellandiamman temple. This is main temple for more 18 villages surrounding Bhavani town. The mega-festival of Bhavani is celebrated during February and March (Masi in Tamil month). Festival celebrated for more than 45 days, more than 100 years every community in southern India have celebrated as per the custom in Sri Sellandiamman temple during festival. Nearly 39 communities participate in this grand festival and first of this kind in India.
  Kasi Vishalakshi Udanamar Kasi Viswanathar temple is located nearby Kududurai. This temple fondly called Chinnakoil. Bairavasthami valipadu is famous in this temple. Navagrahas in this temple are with devi's, i.e. all navagrahas are with their wives in separate madapam. Treated only few temples navagrahas with wive's. Bramothsavam is celebrated in panguni month. On a day of panguni uthiram lord Thiruananikka is held then temple car festival will be started. During karthikai month 1008 sangabishekam is held in temple in grand manner.
  There's a lord Muruga temple also located in centre of town. Every year thousands of devotees proceed to Palani by walk from here.
  A lord Ayyapaa temple is located on the northern side of town. Lord Ayyapan and lord Dharmasastha (earlier avatharam of ayyapan) reside in same garpakrahas in this temple. This is the only Ayyapan temple in Tamil Nadu that has two Ayyapan deities in the same temple.
caption: Sangameswarar Temple in Bhavani - the most prominent landmark
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