Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple

This place is one of the Dham of Hindus and also of the Jyotirlinga in South.This temple has a beautiful and different interior. It has got biggest corridor. And the best part of temple is Jyotirlinga - Shivlinga is decorated so well ,you can took of your eyes from here.

Temple has four gate. And all the gate has different importance

It is one of the ancient temples in India, famous for the ancient architecture of the temple and many others reasons. But because of some people all these are going bad. Really feel bad to tell all these things. Some of the temple staffs are very rude and bad behaviour towards the tourist people coming there. Some staffs are taking alot of money from the Touristers for worshiping the God. The surrounding of the temple are not clean and neat, it is a heavenly place so it should be neat and clean always. Very bad smell is there inside the temple no one is caring about this. Temple is a heavenly place so it should be neat and clean as well as the smell of agrabathi and flowers should be there. The temple staffs should be little bit educated then only they will know how to behavior to the tourist people coming there. Lot of fraud people are they to cheat the tourist people coming there.

Easily one of the best temples in India. Great history, massive layout and very well planned. Really love the long passageways with over 1200 towers.

Access to the 22 wells are from east and west entrance while the sanctum can be accessed from north or south.

There once lived a sculptor in a village called The primary deity of the temple is Ramanathaswamy (Shiva) in the form of lingam. There are two lingams inside the sanctum - one built by Rama, from sand, residing as the main deity, Ramalingam and the one brought by Hanuman from Kailash called Vishwalingam.Rama instructed that the Vishwalingam should be worshipped first since it was brought by Hanuman - the tradition continues even today. Like all ancient temples in South India, there is a high compound wall (madil) on all four sides of the temple premises measuring about 865 feet furlong from east to west and one furlong of 657 feet from north to south with huge towers (Gopurams) to the east and the west and finished gate towers to the north and south. The temple has striking long corridors in its interior, running between huge colonnades on platforms above five feet high. The second corridor is formed by sandstone pillars, beams, and ceiling. The junction of the third corridor on the west and the paved way leading from the western gopuram to the Setumadhava shrine forms a unique structure in the form of a chess board, popularly known as Chokkattan Madapam, where the Utsava deities are adorned and kept during the Vasanthotsavam (Spring festival) and on the 6th day festival in Adi (July–August) and Masi (February–March) conducted by the Setupati of Ramnad.

You can find the world famous temple corridor here. A must visit temple in India. People from all over India visits every day! One of the main Shiva temple. Beautifully located on the seashore.

A Dravidian architectural marvel. Camera and Phones were not allowed inside, i might have enjoyed it better in the sense that I was not taking photos but rather enjoying it all. Everyone should see it.
The Corridor, the way the sea breeze sweeps in through the roof, the grandeur, loved it all

One of the must visit places in Rameswaram. The architecture of the temple is really mesmerizing. The temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga temples in India and one of the Char Dham. There was not much crowding inside the temple except near the bath ritual area. But parking would be difficult near the entrance. It will be better to walk from the hotels or take a taxi to the temple. The entrance area is directly in front of the road. It would be better to give shoes and other belonging to nearby storage facilities. Hopefully it may be improved in the future.

One of the Architectural wonder.

Though there's no known sources of rocks or mountains how the ancestors made it possible?

There are 1212 pillars in the world famous 3rd Prakaram. Can't imagine how they did it.

Now a days vehicular traffic is restricted near the temple. So plan your visit accordingly.

There are too many different sizes of food stalls/restaurants around the Temple. You will never go hungry.

For the 22 holy Theertha snanam (holy bath) don't accept what the touts say about the charges. Learn to bargain and start from 50% and you may settle at 60 -70% rate.

Don't leave the wet cloths inside the temple. There's no literature asking the devotees to leave their wet cloths inside the temple. This only makes the place more humid.

Don't buy any souvenirs inside the Temple. Exorbitant price and you have to carry it for long time. Outside the Temple you have too many options. Choose WISELY.

Have a Blissful trip.