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Ramanathaswamy Temple

Rameswaram Island, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India

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About the temple

An island temple to Lord Shiva famed for having the longest temple corridor in India, lined with ornately carved pillars. Pilgrims bathe in its sacred wells before darshan.

Significance

One of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a Char Dham site, linked to Lord Rama, who is said to have worshipped Shiva here before crossing to Lanka.