Where Rameshwaram Located.
Rameshwaram is located in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu state.
Mukthi Rameshwaram- Shivalayam built around the main deity Shivalingam idol.
Abdul Kalam Sahib started his education from an elementary school of Rameshwaram.
The curious fact is that such‘floating stones' are still found around Rameshwaram!
Rameshwaram is located on a beautiful island in the lower side of India.
He wandered and searched out entire India from Benares i. e Kashi to Rameshwaram.
Rameshwaram is the place which is thought to be
one of the four Dhams of Hinduism.
Satellite picture shows that the remnants of a bridge still exists between Rameshwaram and Srilanka.
There are around 64 tirthas exist in Rameshwaram, of which 24 are considered as significant.
Trains that run from Chennai to Rameshwaram stop at Pudukkottai,
Karaikudi, Kanadukaathan(Chettinad Station), Devakottai and Kallal.
There are many places in Rameshwaram that have a lot of religious importance for the Hindus.
Satellite pictures show that the remnants of a bridge still exist between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka.
The island of Rameshwaram contains 64 holy water bodies(
theerthas), of which 24 are considered very important.
It is also believed that Rameshwaram was the place that Lord Rama decided to atone for his sins.
Thousands including national-level dignitaries attended the funeral ceremony held in his hometown of Rameshwaram, where he was buried with.
It is also believed that Rameshwaram is not the place where Lord Ram decided to
atone for all his sins.
The bridge was actually made of such stones, as they are still found around here and
are a major tourist attraction in Rameshwaram.
A very important pilgrim centre of the Indians, Rameshwaram is the place from where Lord Rama,
built a bridge across the sea to rescue his consort Sita, from her abductor, Ravana.
It is believed that
Ram on his way to Sri Lanka stopped at Rameshwaram and was drinking water on the seashore when
there was a celestial proclamation:“You are drinking water without worshipping me.”.
However, we were able to access a painting of Kalam's father, which is available at the‘House of Kalam',
the former president's ancestral house in Rameshwaram, where his 102-year-old elder brother A.P. J.