Bhavani

Bhavani stands at the meeting of the Bhavani and Kaveri rivers in the Kongu country. The confluence is a sacred place known as Kooduthurai, where a third, unseen river is also believed to join the visible waters. The Sangameswarar temple beside the rivers is dedicated to Shiva and has long drawn worshippers to this meeting of streams. From the western hills the Bhavani flows eastward to meet the larger Kaveri here.