Peacock Island is the popular name for Umananda Island, located in the middle of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam. It is one of the smallest inhabited river islands in the world and is famous for the historic Umananda Temple, a revered shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva.
A British officer named the island Peacock Island for its structure, which he thought resembled the splayed feathers of a peacock. It is also known as Bhasmachal, from the words bhasma, meaning 'to destroy', and chal, meaning 'place'. The legend giving rise to this name is that Kamdev, the god of love in Hindu mythology, after interrupting Shiva in the middle of a deep meditation on the islet, was burnt to ashes.
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