Sangameswarar Temple

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Sangameswarar alayam, the temple of Lord Shiva in [Bhavani[1]], Tamil Nadu, India. The word Sangamam means join in tamil, as temple is built at the place where the Kaveri river, Bhavani river and ‘agaya gangai’ joins, the deity here is named as Sangameswarar.

Rock status of this temple represents the beauty of stone carving and the culture of the people lived there. When water or milk poured on the two identical stone statues in font of ‘ambal sanathi’- Hindu goddess, one smiles at you, while the other shed tears at you. The temple also has a golden statue of ‘Ambal’, a hindu goddess donated by a district collector during British period. Sangameswarar alayam temple holds a huge hall for social events, photo studio, a book store, a beautiful river side garden and an elephant too.

Myths

During the period of Chera Chola and Pandya’s there was a cave connection existed between Chidambaram and Sangameshwarar temple and puja’s are performed at same time in both temples. Every inch under the Sangameswarar temple holds a ‘lingam’ statue of lord Siva.