Bhavani Amman with Sangameshwarar

The Bhavani Amman temple with the Sangameshvara Shiva temple at the Kaveri-Bhavani sangam in Erode district, Tamil Nadu — a Kaveri-Bhavani river confluence sacred site with twin temples of goddess Bhavani and Shiva Sangameshvara. The temple complex is one of the three Sapta Sthanam (seven sacred sites) of Shiva in the Kaveri delta. The temple's foundation is 10-century Chola-period, with major 16-century Vijayanagara and 18-century Mysore Wodeyar additions. The confluence has been continuously held as a tirtha for ancestor rites since the medieval period. The annual Chitra Pournami festival each April-May draws over 100,000 pilgrims. The twin temple arrangement — river goddess with Shiva — mirrors the pattern at Trimbakeshvar and other Deccan confluence tirthas.