Ramanathaswamy Temple

Ramanathaswamy Temple

Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram is one of India's 12 Jyotirlinga shrines and a sacred Char Dham pilgrimage site — a magnificent Dravidian temple famous for its 1,200-metre-long corridor (the longest temple corridor in the world) lined with 1,212 ornately sculpted pillars. Devotees bathe in 22 sacred theertham wells before darshan. The temple enshrines a Shivalingam consecrated by Lord Rama himself, according to the Ramayana. A top South India spiritual destination.

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Why you should visit

  • Sacred Jyotirlinga
  • Longest corridor
  • 22 holy wells

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