City-information
for Rameshwaram
Population 35,000
There are four dhamas, or kingdoms of God, which are Badrinath, Rameswarm, and Dwarka. Rameswaram is located at the southeastern end of the Indian Peninsula. Rameswaram is on an island, which is the shape of a conch shell, 55 km by 12 km, in the Gulf of Mannar. The island is sanctified by the footprints of Lord Rama. It is said that Lord Rama bathed at Dhanushkodi, where the bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meet.
There a major Lord Siva temple here called the Ramanathaswami Temple. This name indicated that Lord Siva is a great personality, whose worshipable Deity is Lord Rama. This temple is very popular. Lord Caitanay came here.
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