ABOUT RAMESWARAM
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| VIEW OF RAMESHWARAM TEMPLE |
*LEGEND HAS IT THAT RAMA WORSHIPPED SHIVA IN THE FORM OF A SHIVA LINGAM MADE OF EARTH BY SITA, WHILE RETURNING TO AYODHYA
*HANUMAN WAS ENTRUSTED WITH THE TASK OF BRINGING AN IMAGE OF VISWANATHA FROM VARANASI. ANTICIPATING DELAY IN HANUMAN'S RETURN FROM BENARES
*THERE IS YET ANOTHER SHIVALINGAM HERE [VISWANATHA] SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BY HANUMAN FROM BANARES. THIS SHIVALINGAM IS REFERRED TO AS KASILINGAM AND HANUMALINGAM. PRAYERS ARE OFFERED TO VISWANATHA BEFORE THEY ARE OFFERED TO RAMANATHASWAMY
*LEGEND HAS IT THAT RAMA WORSHIPPED TILAKESWARA AT DEVIPATNAM [ALSO KNOWN AS NAVAPASHANAM] NEARBY ENROUTE TO SRI LANKA
*RAMESWARAM IS KNOWN FOR ITS LONG ORNATE CORRIDORS AND TOWERS AND 36 THEERTHAMS
*THERE ARE 36 THEERTHAMS IN RAMESWARAM OF WHICH 22 ARE IN THE TEMPLE AND THESE WATERS ARE ARE SAID TO POSSESS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
*TEMPLES
NOW LET US MOVE ON TO THE RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS HOLY PLACE...
AS I HAVE WRITTEN EARLIER, EVERY BRAHMIN, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BELIEVE THAT IN THEIR LIFE TIME, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST ONCE VISIT ALLAHABAD, VARANASI AND GAYA, AND GIVE SACRED OBLATIONS TO THEIR ANCESTORS. ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE STARTED PERFORMING SRADDHAMS TO THEIR FATHER CAN DO THIS. OTHER PEOPLE NO DOUBT CAN VISIT THESE PLACES AND VISIT THE MOST HOLY TEMPLES THERE, BUT CANNOT DO THE RITES FOR THEIR ANCESTORS. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PEOPLE WITH SUCH INTENTIONS TO DO IT IN THE PROPER RELIGIOUS MANNER AND GO THERE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIFE [IF SHE IS ALIVE], AND DO IT WITHOUT BEING EXPLOITED AND SEE TO IT THAT EVERY RITE IS DONE IN A COMFORTABLE MANNER. IF YOUNGER BROTHERS ACCOMPANY THE ELDER BROTHERS, THE ELDEST BROTHER ON THEIR BEHALF WOULD DO MOST OF THE CEREMONIES AND THE YOUNGER BROTHERS NEED NOT DO THESE CEREMONIES AGAIN.
FIRST STEP: VISIT TO RAMESHWARAM
THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PILGRIMAGE IS TO GO TO RAMESHWARAM, PERFORM THE SRADDHAM THERE, FOLLOWED BY SAMUDHRA AND THEERTHA SNANA. AFTER DOING SAMUDHRA SNANA, WE WOULD BE ASKED TO BRING SAND FROM THE SEA. THIS IS MADE IN TO THREE SHIVA LINGAMS-SETHU MADHAVA, VENI MADHAVA AND BINDHU MADHAVA.AFTER POOJA THE LINGAM REPRESENTING SETHU MADHAVA IS PUT BACK IN TO THE SEA. THE PRIEST THEN ASKS YOU TO REPEAT THE SANKALPA TO THE VARANASI-PRAYAG-GAYA PILGRIMAGE. THE SAND LINGAMS OF VENI MADHAVA HAS TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE PRAYAG [ALLAHABAD] AND THAT OF BINDHU MADHAVA IN VARANASI.THEN SRADDHAM TO THE ANCESTORS IS PERFORMED THERE. INSTEAD OF PINDA [COOKED RICE BALLS], IN RAMESHWARAM, THE PINDA IS MADE OF WET UNCOOKED RICE.
*HANUMAN WAS ENTRUSTED WITH THE TASK OF BRINGING AN IMAGE OF VISWANATHA FROM VARANASI. ANTICIPATING DELAY IN HANUMAN'S RETURN FROM BENARES
*THERE IS YET ANOTHER SHIVALINGAM HERE [VISWANATHA] SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BY HANUMAN FROM BANARES. THIS SHIVALINGAM IS REFERRED TO AS KASILINGAM AND HANUMALINGAM. PRAYERS ARE OFFERED TO VISWANATHA BEFORE THEY ARE OFFERED TO RAMANATHASWAMY
*LEGEND HAS IT THAT RAMA WORSHIPPED TILAKESWARA AT DEVIPATNAM [ALSO KNOWN AS NAVAPASHANAM] NEARBY ENROUTE TO SRI LANKA
*RAMESWARAM IS KNOWN FOR ITS LONG ORNATE CORRIDORS AND TOWERS AND 36 THEERTHAMS
*THERE ARE 36 THEERTHAMS IN RAMESWARAM OF WHICH 22 ARE IN THE TEMPLE AND THESE WATERS ARE ARE SAID TO POSSESS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
*TEMPLES
NOW LET US MOVE ON TO THE RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THIS HOLY PLACE...
AS I HAVE WRITTEN EARLIER, EVERY BRAHMIN, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BELIEVE THAT IN THEIR LIFE TIME, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST ONCE VISIT ALLAHABAD, VARANASI AND GAYA, AND GIVE SACRED OBLATIONS TO THEIR ANCESTORS. ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE STARTED PERFORMING SRADDHAMS TO THEIR FATHER CAN DO THIS. OTHER PEOPLE NO DOUBT CAN VISIT THESE PLACES AND VISIT THE MOST HOLY TEMPLES THERE, BUT CANNOT DO THE RITES FOR THEIR ANCESTORS. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PEOPLE WITH SUCH INTENTIONS TO DO IT IN THE PROPER RELIGIOUS MANNER AND GO THERE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR WIFE [IF SHE IS ALIVE], AND DO IT WITHOUT BEING EXPLOITED AND SEE TO IT THAT EVERY RITE IS DONE IN A COMFORTABLE MANNER. IF YOUNGER BROTHERS ACCOMPANY THE ELDER BROTHERS, THE ELDEST BROTHER ON THEIR BEHALF WOULD DO MOST OF THE CEREMONIES AND THE YOUNGER BROTHERS NEED NOT DO THESE CEREMONIES AGAIN.
FIRST STEP: VISIT TO RAMESHWARAM
THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PILGRIMAGE IS TO GO TO RAMESHWARAM, PERFORM THE SRADDHAM THERE, FOLLOWED BY SAMUDHRA AND THEERTHA SNANA. AFTER DOING SAMUDHRA SNANA, WE WOULD BE ASKED TO BRING SAND FROM THE SEA. THIS IS MADE IN TO THREE SHIVA LINGAMS-SETHU MADHAVA, VENI MADHAVA AND BINDHU MADHAVA.AFTER POOJA THE LINGAM REPRESENTING SETHU MADHAVA IS PUT BACK IN TO THE SEA. THE PRIEST THEN ASKS YOU TO REPEAT THE SANKALPA TO THE VARANASI-PRAYAG-GAYA PILGRIMAGE. THE SAND LINGAMS OF VENI MADHAVA HAS TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE PRAYAG [ALLAHABAD] AND THAT OF BINDHU MADHAVA IN VARANASI.THEN SRADDHAM TO THE ANCESTORS IS PERFORMED THERE. INSTEAD OF PINDA [COOKED RICE BALLS], IN RAMESHWARAM, THE PINDA IS MADE OF WET UNCOOKED RICE.
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6. ஹிரண்ய ஸார்த்தம்
7. தீர்த்த ஸார்த்தம் [ஹோம விதானம்]
8. பார்வண ஸார்த்தம் [ ஹோம விதானம்]
9. தில ஹோமம் பூஜை
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RAMESHWARAM 9443121473