Char Dham Archives

06/Oct/2022

Location

The Rameshwaram Temple located in Rameshwaram is one of the Char Dhams of India and one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. Rameshwaram is an island on the sea which can be reached by train and road.

Situated on 151 acres of land at a distance of 270 km from Tiruchirappalli on Madras Egmore Tiruchirappalli Rameswaram rail route, this temple is situated at a distance of about 2 km from Rameswaram railway station. This temple is built in the Dravidian style and this temple is unique in Dravidian style. This temple is also known as Swaminath Temple.

One has to cross the Pamban Bridge to go here via train. This bridge is the oldest railway bridge over the sea in India. This bridge is believed to be more than 100 years old. This sea route to the temple is quite thrilling. Nearby people only come to see the sight of the train passing over the bridge located here.

Significance of Rameshwaram Temple

Rameshwaram Temple is one of the holy Char Dhams of India. Char Dham is a temple based on different incarnations of Lord Vishnu and everyone here has their own beliefs. Just as Pind Daan in Badrinath of Uttarakhand, Shringar in Dwarkadhish of Dwarka, and Prasad in Jagannath Dham of Puri have their own importance. Similarly, the water of this Rameshwaram Dham situated in Rameshwaram has special significance. Every devotee who comes here must take a bath once after coming here.

India has four Dhams: Badrinath, Uttarakhand, Shri Krishna Dwarkadhish, Dwarka, Jagannath Dham, Puri, and Rameshwaram.

The names of 12 Jyotirlingas located in the holy land of India are given according to their location.

Omkareshwar (Madhya Pradesh), Vaidyanath (Jharkhand), Somnath (Gujarat), Mallikarjuna (Andhra Pradesh), Mahakaleshwar (Madhya Pradesh), Kedarnath (Uttarakhand), Bhimashankar (Maharashtra), Kashi Vishwanath (Uttar Pradesh), Trimbakeshwar (Maharashtra), Nageshwar (Gujarat), Rameshwaram (Tamil Nadu), Ghrishneshwar (Maharashtra)

History of Rameshwaram Temple

It is said that this temple was built by the King Parakram Bahu of Sri Lanka in the 12th century. But he only built the sanctum sanctorum of this temple. It is said that this temple was constructed from time to time by many kings. Ultimately the construction of this temple was completed after about 350 years. Due to the construction of this temple in different ways for 350 years, this temple is a unique temple in India.

Legend

There are two Shivling in Rameshwaram Temple. The main Shivling was established by Shri Ram himself. It is said that to give this temple the same recognition as Kashi, the second Shivling was brought from Kashi by Lord Hanuman. You can still see these two Shivlings in this temple even today. Both these Shivlings are worshiped regularly and it is said that the Shivling located here was built by Lord Shri Ram after killing Ravana.

12 Jyotirlingas- Rameshwaram Temple

Rameshwaram is one of the four Dhams as well as it is also one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. Jyotirlingas have been established at 12 different places in India, which have their own different beliefs.

All these 12 Jyotirlingas have a special place in Hinduism. According to the Puranas, in the place where Lord Shiva himself appeared, the Shivling is worshiped like a Jyotirlinga and only one of them is Rameshwaram.

Rameshwaram Temple

According to the Ramayana, it believed that when Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, brought back his religious wife Sita Maiya after destroying the monstrous demon, she said to have committed the sin of killing a Brahmin, after which to get rid of this sin. He advised by some great scholars and saints to worship Lord Shiva.

But there was no Shiva temple on the island, so Lord Rama decided to establish a Shivalinga at Rameshwaram. After this, he sent Pawan Putra Hanuman Ji to Mount Kailash to bring the idol of Shiva.

Following the orders of Lord Rama, Hanuman ji went to get the Shiva idol, but he was late in returning. After which Mata Sita built the Shivling from the sand lying on the shore of the sea.

And this Shivling later known as “Ramnath”. After this Lord Rama worshiped this Shivling with full devotion and devotion to get rid of the sin of killing Ravana and later installed the Shivling brought by Hanuman ji there. It is one of the main Jyotirlingas of Lord Shankar, to which the faith of lakhs of devotees is attached.

After this, worship established by Lord Rama by making a Shivling here and a Shivling brought from Kashi from Lord Hanuman so that this temple can get as much recognition as the temple located in Kashi.

It believed that when Lord Vishnu sets out on a journey to his four Dhams, he comes to Rameshwaram and takes a bath, perhaps this is one reason why the water here considered as nectar.

There is a Ghat called Agni Teertham a short distance from the temple. Every devotee who comes here first comes to this ghat and takes bath. Every devotee who comes to Rameshwaram temple first comes here to take a bath, after that go to Rameshwaram temple and have a darshan of the Lord.

After bathing in Agni Teertham, devotees bathe in the 22 pools located in the temple. We do. Devotees have to pay money to the temple trust for bathing in the 22 kunds of the situation in the temple. After depositing the amount, you can take bath in these 22 Kunds. After this, the devotees leave their wet clothes there and wear dry clothes and enter the temple.

Rameshwaram Temple enjoys the faith of lakhs and crores of devotees. Every year crores of devotees come to visit Rameshwaram. Another name of the temple is Ramanatha Swamy Temple and Rameshwaram Island.

The architecture of Rameshwaram Temple

Rameshwaram Temple is a Hindu temple, this temple is special in many ways. Ramnath Swami Shivling situated in its sanctum. It said that this Shivling made of sand which built by both Lord Rama and Mother Sita.

The Rameshwaram Temple built in this special Dravidian style has 10 stories on the eastern entrance and 7 stories on the western entrance. Let us tell you that the verandahs of this temple are 4000 feet long. There is a verandah.

Rameshwaram Temple, one of the main holy pilgrimage places of Hinduism, also known for its grandeur and attractive design. It is a very attractive and beautiful specimen of Indian construction art.

The length of this temple is 1000 feet, the width is 650 feet and the entrance of the temple is 40 meters high, so different types of fine and very beautiful artifacts made on the pillars. The Dravidian style of architecture can be seen here.

If one walks here, then one must go to see the sea located here because this is the place where two seas meet. The Bay of Bengal on the one hand and the Indian Ocean on the other seen meeting here.

Some important and interesting facts related to Rameshwaram Temple

In Hindu scriptures and Puranas, the name of Rameshwaram called Gandhamadan Parvat. It was here that Lord Rama established the Navagraha. The bridge has started from here itself. A short distance away from this temple is a pool called Jata Tirtha.

Shri Ram had established Navagraha here. The bridge started from here. Setubandh also started from here.
It also believed in Rameshwaram Temple that by taking a dip here, all diseases removed and one gets freedom from all sins.
It was at this place that Maa Durga killed Mahishasura.
It also a belief behind visiting Rameshwaram Teerthdham that a person becomes free from all sins just by visiting here and every wish sought with a sincere heart in this temple fulfilled.
In this famous pilgrimage place situated at the confluence of the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, the Ganges water brought from Gangotri in Uttarakhand and offered to the Shivling. It is of special importance. On the other hand, if the pilgrims arriving to visit Rameshwaram do not have Gangajal, then the pundits of this shrine provide Gangajal to the devotees by taking Dakshina.

The world’s longest corridor is the Rameshwaram temple’s corridor.
A short distance from Rameswaram, there is a pool called Jata Tirtha, where Sri Rama washed his hair after fighting Ravana in Lanka.
Temples dedicated to many other gods and goddesses also built in the Rameshwaram Temple and there are 22 holy water sources.
The first and foremost of this holy pilgrimage site of Hindus known as Agni Teerth.
Other places of interest near Rameshwar temple are Sakshi Vinayak, Ekantram Temple, Sitakund, Amritvatika, Vibhishana Teerth, Nandikeshwar, Madhav Kund, Ramtirth, etc. Setu. Apart from this, there is a place called Dhanushkoti, which is a place called Pitri-Milan and Shradh Tirtha, at a distance of about 30 km from here.
The festival of Mahashivratri celebrated with great pomp in Rameshwaram Temple.

How to reach Rameshwaram Temple

Air -Rameshwaram is a holy pilgrimage site located in the south of India. Rameswaram does not have an airport of its own, but to go here, you have to go to Madurai Airport. This airport is located at a distance of about 174 km from Rameswaram. This airport well connected to the main cities of India. After going here, you can easily reach Rameshwaram by going to the railway station.

Train – If you want to reach Rameswaram by rail, then let us tell you that Rameswaram has its own railway station. You can easily reach the temple from here. Taxi facility is also available from the railway station.

Road – Rameshwar is one of the Char Dhams of India, so it well connected by all means of transport. You will not face any problems even if you go by road.

Rameshwaram Temple is one of the main religious and holy pilgrimage sites of Hindus. Situated in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, this temple is one of the Char Dhams, it is a belief among the people of Hindu religion that visiting the four Dhams (Badrinath, Jannathpuri, Dwarka and Rameshwaram Yatra) leads to salvation.

At the same time, taking a dip of faith here also has its own importance. It believed that by taking a dip here, all the diseases and miseries go away. This temple built in South India is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas.

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