[2]"Sama Natham" a corrupt version of 'Samanar Rattham' or 'blood of Jains' is situated about six kilometers away from Madurai and a winding path among Acacia bushes and thorns leads one to a place worshipped as Mayandi temple.

They describe the place as "Samanar Rattham" or 'blood of Jains' where Jains, who refused conversion to Shaivism, were killed en masse after their defeat in the challenge of the Fire and Water debates with the Shaivite Saint, Gnanasambandhar conducted before the Pandiya king, Arikesari Maravarman (7th century CE).

These events recorded in the narrative of Gnanasambandhar are displayed in the fifth of the twelve festivals conducted in Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple.

On this, Edgar Thurston had also suggested the reading of A.Guerinot's 'Essai de Bibliographie Jaina', at Annales du Musee Guimet, in Paris.

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