Rameswaram, Pilgrimage Tourism, One of Char Dham and Jyotirlinga|Pravase

History, Best Places to Visit, Char Dham and Travel Guide of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India

Rameswaram, one of the Char Dham of India and sacred place of one of the twelve Jyotirlinga is small town of Ramanathapuram district Tamil Nadu, India but major pilgrimage destination, located on Pamban Island also known as Rameswaram Island, in gulf of Mannar. It is connected to the mainland by Pamban Bridge and about 40 kilometres from Mannar Island, Sri Lanka.

As per the legend, Lord Ram had built a bridge from Rameswaram to Sri Lanka on the sea to release Mata Sita from Demon King Ravana. In battle of Lord Shri Ram and Ravana, God Ram had killed the Demon King Ravana – also the great devotee of Lord Shiva and Brahman. Thus, Lord Rama had installed Shivlinga here at Rameswaram, and worshiped lord Shiva along with Ma Devi Sita to penitence for Brahmahatya - killing of Brahmana. Here the Ramanathaswamy Temple one of the Jyotirlinga, dedicated to the God Shiva, located in center of city and believes highly sacred pilgrimage site for Shaivas and Vaishnavas sects. The temple is very popular for its magnificent corridors and massive sculptured pillars and the third corridor of temple is the one of the longest in the world. There are two Shivling installed in the temple, one is Ramalingam placed by Mata Sita built by sand and second one is Viswalingam brought by Lord Hanuman replica of Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirling and installed by Lord Rama. So Rameswaram is said to be Varanasi of South India.

Adi Guru Sankaracharya had established four Math in four direction and these becomes popular as Char Dham – for pious pilgrimage destination of India, Rameswaram is one the Char Dham place along with Badrinath, Puri and Dwarka.

Rameswaram has real natural beauty along with various water sports activities which attracts the tourist as well along with spiritually inclined people. Thus, Rameswaram becomes the major tourist attraction of South India. Beautiful beaches like Olaikuda, Danushkodi and Pamban located near Rameswaram are ideal to visit and Dhanushkodi, where Bay of Bengal meets the Indian Ocean, offers magnificent seascapes which attracts tourist and beach lover.

Ramanathaswamy Temple, Dhanushkodi Temple, Temple Tanks, Kothandaramaswamy Temple, Agneeteertham, Rama Teerth, Lakshman Teerth, Pamban Bridge Gandhamathana Parvattha, Dhanushkodi etc, are the must visit place nearby Rameswaram.

How to reach Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

As Rameswaram is one of the Char Dham and one of the twelve Jyotirlinga place, so major pilgrimage destination of South India, thus it is very well connected via Road, Rail and Air network. You can find regular buses and private vehicle to reach here from all major cities of Tamil Nadu and other main cities of India. Madurai airport is the nearest domestic airport at 170 km Chennai international airport from where you can get taxi to reach Rameswarma. Mandapam railway station is just 2 Km away from the temple which is connected to Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy and Thanjavur via road network.

Taluka / Tehsil: Rameshwaram, District: Ramanathapuram, State: tamil-nadu, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu