Sri Mayuranathar Temple - Mayiladuthurai

Mayiladuthurai Temple is located in the Nagapatnam district of Tamil Nadu. Mayavaram is now known as Mayiladuthurai. It is very unique as it is a very ancient temple. The Rajagopuram of this temple is built with 9 floors. It is also one of the largest Shiva temples in South India. Daksha Prajapati headed to perform a Yagya here and did not invite his daughter Parvati and son-in-law Shivuni to the Yajna inauguration. But without an invitation, Parvati reached the Yajna Vatika without hearing Lord Shiva asking if her father was here. There Dakshuda insulted Parvati as to why she had come to be called unnamed. A small peacock calf came and hid in the fire, fearing the fire in the Yajna Gundam, while she was sitting there worrying that her husband would not listen to her. In the meantime, Lord Shiva, aware of the inequality that had befallen Parvati, sent him to perform the Yajna. While Veerabhadra was demolishing the shrine, Parvati's sadness increased as the bars against her husband increased. According to a local legend, Parvati created a shrine here and prayed to Lord Shiva and immersed herself in him with the intention of being born in the form of a peacock and purifying herself of her sins after she and her own peacock were burnt in the fire.

The temple got its name from the fact that Goddess Parvati created herself in the form of Mayura, hence the name Mayuranatha Temple. Mayuranadhu is Shiva. Thus Shiva is measured by the devotees as Mayuranadhu and the deity as Abhayambika and Abhaya Pradambika. Here is a banyan tree. Devotees believe that Parvati performed penance in the form of a peacock under this banyan tree. The Cauvery River flows here. This is called the Taurus Theertham. One day Lord Shiva became angry with Nandeeshwar's behavior and threw him out. Nandeeshwar fell into the river Cauvery in Mayavaram. Due to that, the beach is also known as the Taurus Temple. Every full moon day in the Cauvery River, the rivers Ganga and Yamuna flow here and there and drop their waters into the Cauvery. Therefore, many devotees pay homage to their mothers and fathers with the idea that this place is the confluence of the South and Triveni. There are sacred places here called Sundara Vanam and Brahma Vanam.