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name Draksharama is said to be a corrupted form of 'Draksharama' or the garden of
Drakshaprajapathi. The place is said to depict the well-known puranic legend of
Dakshaprajapathi's Yagna. According to this, Dakshaprajapathi's daughter Dakshayani had
married Lord Siva, though Drakshaprajapathi was not very happy over it. Once
Drakshaprajapathi performed a great yagna, to which, out of his 'dambha' and 'darpa', he
did not invite Lord Siva. Dakshayani was anxious to attend this Yagna of her father, but
at the same time could not openly attend it in as much as her Lord viz., Lord Siva, had
been deliberately excluded from it. She was thus torn between two compelling desires.
Finally, she resolved to attend the sacrifice even though she too had not been invited as
the consort of Lord Siva. |
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