While the festival of Shiva-Parvati marriage is celebrated very auspiciously in many different temples of the country, the marriage of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati is not celebrated auspiciously in Jambukeshwar temple. The reason behind this is the legend associated with the temple. It is believed that once Lord Shiva asked Goddess Parvati to go to earth and do penance.

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In this way Goddess Parvati came to earth in the form of Akilandeshwari and she started worshiping Lord Shiva in the forest of birth. Later, the penance of Mother Parvati was completed by having darshan of Lord Shiva.

Therefore, here Mother Parvati is in the form of a disciple and Lord Shiva is in the form of Guru, hence their marriage is inappropriate. Even in the temple which is established opposite to the other. In this temple, Mother Parvati is worshiped as Akilandeshwari and Lord Shiva is worshiped as Jambukeshwar. Excited, when Goddess Parvati came to earth she created the Lingam from the water of river Kaveri. Therefore the Shivalinga installed in the temple was called Appu Lingam. The Mother Goddess had established the Lingam under a Jambu tree. Therefore, Lord Shiva is worshiped here as Jambukeshwar. priest clothes are women's clothes

An interesting belief related to this temple is that the priest here is wearing clothes like a woman while worshiping Lord Jambukeshwar. The reason behind doing this is very special. In this temple, Goddess Parvati had performed penance for Lord Shiva, hence even today there is a belief that the priests here wear women's clothes during the worship. Also read-The most special temple of Lord Rama is located in Tamil Nadu, go to visit with family. The temple is also considered very important from the historical point of view. This temple is also mentioned in ancient Tamil texts like Thevaram and Thiruvasagam. This temple was built by many dynasties before and has been patronized by different dynasties throughout its history.