Rameshwaram Tourism, Tamil Nadu India
(Rameshwaram is also known as Rameshwaram / Ramesvaram)
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Rameshwaram Fast Facts
- State: Tamil Nadu
- District: Ramanathapuram
- Famous for/as: Pilgrim, Jyotirlinga
- Altitude: 10 m
- Language: Tamil, Hindi and English
- Best Season: Oct - April
- Weather: Summer 25 to 38°C, Winter 17 to 32°C
- Clothing: Tropical
- Local Transport:
- Pincode: 623xxx
- STDCode: 04573
Rameshwaram Info
Tourism Office:
Bus Stand Complex,
Rameswaram 623526
Tel: 04573 221371
Rameshwaram, India Overview
Rameswaram, the holy island in the Gulf of Mannar, is a major pilgrim centre of the country.
Rameswaram is hallowed by the epic Ramayana. It is believed that Lord Rama sanctified this place by worshipping Lord Shiva here after the war against Ravana of Sri Lanka.
Therefore, it is held sacred by both Vishnu and Shiva devotees. It is one of the 12 Jyothirlinga shrines (where Lord Shiva is worshipped as a ‘Lingam pillar of light’) of India. A devout Hindu who visits Varanasi in the North must also visit Rameswaram for the culmination of his quest for salvation.
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Rameshwaram, India History
Rameswara means Lord of Rama in Sanskrit, an epithet of Shiva, the presiding deity of the Ramanathaswamy Temple. According to Hindu epic Ramayana, Rama, the seventh incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, is believed to have prayed to the Hindu god Shiva here to absolve any sins that he might have committed during his war against the demon king Ravana in Srilanka.According to the Puranas (Hindu scriptures), upon the advice of Rishis (sages), Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana, installed and worshipped the Sivalinga (an iconic symbol of Shiva) here to expiate the sin of Brahmahatya out of the killing of a Brahmin Ravana. To worship Shiva, Rama wanted to have the largest lingam. He directed Hanuman, the monkey lietunant in his army to bring the lingam from Himalayas. Since it took longer to bring the lingam, Sita, the consort of Rama, built a small lingam in the shores, believed to be the lingam in the sanctum of the temple.This account is not supported by the original Ramayana authored by Valmiki, nor in the Tamil version of the Ramayana authored by Tamil poet, Kambar (1180–1250 CE). Support for this account is found in some of the later versions of the Ramayana, such as the one penned by Tulasidas (15th Century). Sethu Karai is a place 22 km before the island of Rameswaram from where Rama is believed to have built a floating stone bridge, the Adam's bridge from Rameswaram that further continued to Dhanushkodi in Rameswaram till Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.