A Demon Sindhurasur was
torturing the people in Mithila town.He could not be finished because he
had achieved a blessing of immortality from lord Shiva.Shiva advised all
to pray Ganesha to finish the demon.
The gods and sages started worshipping
Ganesha by performing the 'Yadnya'(worshipping with the fire in the
centre).From the fumes of the yadnya a peacock emerged out with Omkar
Ganesha.
Omkar Ganesha seating on
the peacock attacked and finished the demon.Later,the demon's follower
Kamalasur entered the warfield.Ganesha cut his head but it was getting
reintated repeatedly.Finally Ganesha cut his head and immediately burried
it in the ground and sat on him.
Omkar Ganesha continued sitting on the
head of the demon in invisible form.So the five
gods,Brahma,Vishnu,Mahesh,Shakti and Surya established a Ganesha shrine
here.Later on this statue of Ganesha was eroded and the Pandavas installed
a new statue which is still existing at Morgaon.
Since Ganesha appeared here by seating on
a Peacock(Mayur),this form of Ganesha is named as Mayureshwar.