Tour to Rameshwaram Temple Tamil Nadu - Rameshwaram Temples are the important places of Hindu religious worship in the South. The phrase “Benaras of the South” helps us to gauge the religious importance of the place and also accounts for the thousands of devotees visiting this holy place every year. It is popularly believed that a visit to Rameshwaram is essential to attain Moksha .
Not only Hindus, Rameshwaram temples are pilgrimage centers for Shaivaites and Vishnavaites as well. According to the Hindu mythology, Rameshwaram is the place where Lord Rama offered His thanks to Lord Shiva following the battle in which he vanquished Ravana.
Temples in South India - At the center of the town of Rameshwaram stands the most famous Ramanathaswamy Temple. Constructed in the seventeenth century, this temple is positioned close to the sea in the eastern side of the island. The 1200 monumental granite columns are the major landmarks of the temple. The gopuram shoots up to a height of 54 mete. The magnificent corridors extend for about 1220 and the showy columns do their own bit to embellish the temple. The temple incorporates three prakaras, two big gopuras and two more half-finished ones and two Lingas under worship. These are innumerable other shrines and twenty-two "tirthas", or sacred bathing places. In all Ramanathaswamy Temple is a superior example of South Indian architecture.
Temples in South India and this temple of Sri Ramanatha is connected with Varanasi. A pilgrimage to Varanasi is considered incomplete without a visit to this Rameshwaram Temples. Rameshwaram pilgrimage is a tradition in Tamil Nadu and in entire South India.
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