RAMANATHASWAMI TEMPLE, RAMESWARAM
Rameswaram Ramanathaswami Temple. Had the opportunity to visit the temple on Tamil Varuda Pirappu 14/4/2017. The Darsham was made early morning with Spatika Linga abhishekam and Rudrabhishekam. This is a centuries old temple and extensively constructed during the period of Pandyan kings, Ceylon king Parakramabahu and Sethupathi Rajas. The legend says that Rama on his return from Lanka wanted to worship Siva to remove the Brahmahathi Dosham. He requested Hanuman to bring a Linga for his worship. Since it took some time for Hanuman Sita made a Linga of sand for worship which is the main Linga Ramanathaswami. When Hanuman came back after some time with the Linga he was annoyed and Rama pacified him by having that Linga also which is the Linga of Viswanathar on the left side of the main sanctum. Even now preference is given to Viswanathar in worship. The main tower on the East is 126 feet height and was constructed by Devakottai Zamindar in 1900s. There