Pancha Mayanam Sthala

Mayanam in tamil means cremation ground. It is generally believed that Lord Shiva loves cremation ground. He resides there along with his Ganas. The temples were constructed in these places and are known as Mayanams. There are five such temples in Tamilnadu where according to Puranas there is high cosmic energy and have highest spiritual importance. These five places together are known as Pancha Mayanas or Pancha Mayana Sthalams. 

Following are five Mayanams

Name of Mayanam	Name of the temple	Name of Lord Shiva	Name of consort	Sthala Vriksha	Location
Kanchi Mayanam	Ekambar-eshwar Temple	Ekambar-nathan	Kamakshi Amman	Mango	Kanchi-puram
Kazhi Mayanam	Brahma-purishwarar Temple	Periya-nayakar (Thoni-appar)	Periya-nayaki	Parijatam	Sirkazhi (Tanjavur)
Veezhi Mayanam	Nethrar-baneswarar Temple	Nethrar-baneswarar (Veezhi-nathar)	Brahat Sundara-kusambikai	Sandalwood tree, Jackfruit tree, Champak	Tanjavur (Thiruveezhimizhalai)1
Nallur Mayanam	Kalyana-sundar-eshwarar Temple	Kalyana-sundareshwar	Kalyana-sundari	Bilva	Kumbha-konam
Kadavur Mayanam	Amritha-kadeswarar Temple	Amritha-kadeswarar	Abirami Amman	Gulabi Chameli (Jaathi Malli)	Thiru-kkadaiyur2

1Once this place was dense forest with sandalwood, jackfruit, champak and Vila (Kavatha) trees. Hence this place is known as Veezhi

2Near this place, there is one more temple which is locally known as Mayanam i.e. Brahmapurishwarar temple. Water from this temple pond is taken to Thirukkadaiyur daily for abhishek. It is about 10 mins from Thirukkadaiyur