Bhavani.

Bhavani is a small beautiful municipal town in Erode district Tamil Nadu, India. It lies at the confluence of Kaveri river and Bhavani river. Sangameswarar Temple built at the confluence of these two rivers, is a pilgrimage and tourism spot of Tamil Nadu government.

Bhavani also is known as Carpet city, as the leading business of the town is carpet export to European countries. This small town has a rotary club, both public and private schools. Bhavani is about 12 miles away from Erode railway station and nearly an hour and half drive from Coimbatore.

Stanley reservoir also known as Mettur Dam is 32 miles from Bhavani and connects Erode to Mettur and Anthiur. 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.