Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
Lord Ramanathaswamy (Shiva)
Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu
Jyotirlinga and Char Dham on Pamban island, famous for the longest temple corridor in India and 22 holy wells.
History
The Ramayana says Rama worshipped Shiva here after returning from Lanka to absolve the sin of killing Ravana. Hanuman was sent to bring a linga from Kailash; when he was late, Sita made a linga of sand (Ramalingam), and Hanuman's linga (Vishwalingam) is worshipped first to this day. The temple was expanded by the Pandyas and especially the Sethupathi rulers of Ramanathapuram in the 17th–18th centuries.
Architecture
Dravidian; the outer corridor has about 1,200 pillars and is around 1 km long in total; 22 theerthams (wells) inside for holy bath.
Festivals
- Maha Shivaratri
- Thirukalyanam (Aadi)
- Navaratri
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Directions to Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple
How to reach
- By air
- Madurai Airport, about 175 km
- By train
- Rameswaram station, about 2 km
- By road
- Via the Pamban road bridge from Mandapam.
Near the temple
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