Rameswaram Travel Guide

The Southern Indian Railway has recently announced two special trains between Madurai and Rameswaramon January 19 & 20 because for the Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy temple consecration (Kumbabishegam). Train 1: Train Name: Madurai-Rameswaram Express Timings:  Leaves Madurai at 11.30 P.M (on January 19)                  Reach Rameswaram at 3.30  A.M ( January 20) Train 2 : Train Name: Rameswaram -  Madurai Express Timings:  Leaves Madurai at 4.00 P.M (on January 20)                  Reach Rameswaram at 8.00  P.M ( January 20) Note: The special trains would stop at Madurai east, Manamadurai, Paramakudi and Ramanathapuram in both directions. Direction: To get details about Rameswaram visit : www.rameswaramtravelguide.com

B ecause of the fifth consecration (Kumbabishegam-2016) on january 20, 2016. Public Dharshan service  of the presiding deities of Rameswaram Temple ( Ramanathaswamy and Parvathavarthini ) will be stopped for five days ahead from January 16 ahead. During this period of time  Devotees are not allowed to worship deities Inside the Temple. Also Holy dip (sacred Bath) also be not allowed during these five days. As told by Temple Commissioner S . Selvaraj, the devotees will be allowed inside the Rameswaram  Temple,  after the consecration (Kumbabishegam) on January 20, 2016.  and the Sacred bath services will be continued then                                                                            Keywords: Kumbabishekam, Rameswaram kumbabishegam, Rameswaram Temple c...

M ADURAI : The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday dismissed a batch of two writ petitions that challenged the kumbabishekam at the Lord Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram, scheduled to be held on January 20. The petitioners  S Pakshi Sivarajan and K Ramamoorthy filed the petitions on various grounds.,  Ramamoorthy claimed that a consecration committee had not been formed and the date had been fixed by political powers, not by the temple trust board, and that the day fixed for the ceremony was an inauspicious day. Sivarajan pointed out that the idol of the main deity was in a damaged condition and performing consecration without correcting the same was against the Agama Sastra Dismissing the petitions, the division bench of justices V Ramasubramanian and N Kirubakaran observed that the issues raised by the petitioners could not be examined on any judicially prescribed standards or parameters and so they dismissed the petitions.

A new special weekly train service has announced by Indian Railway yesterday (aka: 12/4/2015). This train will be run on Sundays from Bangalore to Rameswaram and will be run on Mondays from Rameswaram to Bangalore. The train comprises one AC chair car, eight second class chair cars, five general second class and two luggage-cum-brake vans. The train Timings and stoppages listed below. Timings and Stoppages : Sundays ( From Yashwanthpur station Bangalore to Rameswaram)  The Train no: 06545 Starts from Bangalore Yashwanthpura Railway station by Sunday 8.30 AM and Reaches Rameswaram by 10:45 PM. This train is termed as Yashwanthpur-Rameswaram  Special Express train From Bangalore to Rameswaram  Mondays (From Rameswaram to Yashwanthpur ) The Train no: 06546 Starts from Rameswaram Railway station by Sunday 9.15 AM and Reach Yashwanthpura Bangalore by 11.30 PM. This train is termed as Rameswaram - Yashwanthpur Special Express train . From...

The Beginning of the End: ( Dhanushkodi Super Cyclonic Storm: (1964): ) “ I was about six years old when my father embarked on the project of building a wooden sailboat to take pilgrims from Rameshwaram to Dhanushkodi, (also called Sethukkarai), and back. He worked at building the boat on the seashore, with the help of a relative, Ahmed Jallaluddin, who later married my sister, Zohara. I watched the boat take shape. The wooden hull and the bulkheads were seasoned with the heat from wood fires. My father was doing good business with the boat when, one day, a cyclone bringing winds of over 100 miles per hour carried away our boat, along with some of the landmass of Sethukkarai. The Pamban Bridge collapsed with the train full of passengers on it. Until then, I had only seen the beauty of the sea, now its uncontrollable energy came as a revelation to me.”                ...

Dhanushkodi - A Beautiful Fort city The Bird's eye view of Dhanushkodi The word Dhanushkoti can be split into dhanush (bow) and kodi (the end)  It literally means "The end of the bow" in tamil language. Ramayana depicts that this is the place where lord Rama pointed the end of his bow (Godhandam) and ordered  his troops  to built a bridge (Ram-sethu)  across the sea to reach the Sri-Lanka for the rescuing of his wife Sita. Dhanushkodi is a Beautiful place lies as a land of sand  in the center of  roaring ocean (Indian Ocean) and a silent sea (Bay of Bengal). Dhanushkodi fills the visitors with the feel of awe by it's spectacular view of clear Blue sea , Roaring tides , Beach and the Lonely Devastated Ghost land !. During the reign of  Early Tamil Kingdoms (Pandya Kingdom, Chola Kingdom, Jaffna Kingdom, Sethupathi kings rule) Dhanushkodi plays the role as a Harbour city, From here the pearls (White, Black, and many more varieties), differe...

In the ancient times (before the arrival of lord Rama) Rameswaram land is named as “Gandhamadhanam”, and it is also said that even before the arrival of Rama, there is an shiva temple existed in the Rameswaram. Here you can get the list of the Various ancient Indian scriptures (Link of scripture list should be linked) those who talks about Rameswaram and its sacredness. Read More:  rameswaramtravelguide.com Historical evidences states that Various types of conches (mainly the Right hand conch ) and pearls (white, black ,brown) are exported to different countries like China, Arabia, Sumeria, Egypt, Rome etc ., during the period of pandya and chola kingdom .Rameswaram acts as a important Harbour in that time. The granite stones were obtained from various mountains and transported to Rameswaram by means of ships Udaiyaan sethupathi with the help of Srilankan (Tamil) king Pararajasekara aryasakravarthy in 1414 CE started the renovation process and the reconstruction of...