Shiva · Shaiva
Ramanathaswamy Temple
Rameswaram, Tamil NaduFeatured
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A Char Dham and Jyotirlinga shrine on Rameswaram island, linked in the Ramayana to Sri Rama, who worshipped Shiva here before crossing to Lanka. It is renowned for the longest temple corridor in India, lined with ornately carved pillars. Pilgrims bathe in its twenty-two sacred wells before darshan.
- Deity
- Shiva
- Tradition
- Shaiva
- Location
- Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
- Region
- South India
- Pilgrimage circuit
- 12 Jyotirlingas, Char Dham
- Established
- 12th century
