Sir,
Claiming to know a lot , Mr Rajaram copy pastes a lot of utter nonsenses
misleading members. As long as a few are there to applaud him blindly, it will
continue.
It is fortunate, you have come back with vigour and vitality. Not able to
oppose you, having no COURAGE, he aims his pointless arrows at meGopalakrishnan
On Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at 04:17:48 pm IST, Narayanaswamy Iyer
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear folks
Briefly, Kamban lies in his version of the saga of Lord Sree Raama.
In particular, the Shiva temple on the island at Rameshvaram was NOT built by
Sree Raama BEFORE the crossing the ocean to Lanka (misspelt by the
ever-erroneous ex-IRS fool.
In fact, Lord Sree Raama did NOT build any temple there at all.
What happened was that Goddess Seetha, after her deliverance from incarceration
in Lanka by the ten-headed demon Raavana, requested Hanuman to fetch for her to
worship a Shiivalingam from the Ganga River. He was late, so she heaped some
sand into the shape of a Shivalingam, and worshipped it.
When Hanuman came later with a Shivalingam from Ganga, Seetha told him to give
it to her newly reconciled husband Lord Sree Raama.
That is why even today you can witness two lingams at Rameshvaram -- the stone
one worshipped by Lord Sree Raama, and the sand one worshipped by Seetha.
There was NO temple there at that time.
S Narayanaswamy Iyer
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]>
wrote:
Rameswaram (रामेश्वर).—Thereis in South India a very famous holy place called
Rameswaram and a Śiva templethere. Rāma and others encamped on the sea shore to
cross over to Lanko torelease Sita from Ravana’s custody. This temple,
according to Kamba, was builtby Rāma at that time. The following story is from
the Yuddha Kanda of Kamba Ramayanam.To make the passage over to Lanka easy,
Rāma decided to build a great temple atRameswaram and install a Shivalinga in
the temple. Under the expert supervisionof the great architects, Nala and Nila,
all the monkeys cooperated to build thetemple. As ordered by Rāma, Hanuman went
to Kailash to fetch Shivalinga. Hanumandid not return with the lingam though
the auspicious time for the installationwas very near. How could the
installation be made without the idol and theinstallation had to be made at the
appointed time. (Great wisdom people mightorally say the Lanka was in MALDIVES,
BECAUSE 100 YOJANA USED IN MANY PLACES INValmiki Ramayanam measured
thatdistance)
Rāmeśvara (रामेश्वर)refers to one of the various Ghats ofVaranasi
(Benares) mentioned in the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī authored by Varadarāja(A.D.
1600-1650), a pupil of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita.—Varadarāja in his
Gīrvāṇapadamañjarīrefers to several works which ought to be studied by a
Pandit. In the same textare listed some Ghats of Benares (Varanasi) [e.g.,
Rāmeśvara]. This contemporary list of Ghatswould be useful for the history of
Benares topography.
Rāmeśvara (रामेश्वर) isthe name of a temple situated near Halasi—a town
in Khanapur Taluk, BelgaumDistrict in Karnataka, India. [...] On a hill about
1.9 km. south-west of thetown is a pilgrimage place known as Rāmatītha. [...] A
short distance to thesouth west of Halsi, on a rocky outcrop, is a natural
water tank with twotemples. Dedicated to Śiva as Rāmeśvara, the main building
is a simple stonestructure with a maṇḍapa. The pillars of the hall stand in the
tank proper. The spire over the sanctum issimilar in style to the Varaha
Narasimha and it probably dates to the sameperiod. A third ruined temple, with
only some walls and parts of the doorframe, is located a short distance to the
south.
Then what is Kerala Rameshwar? { I amrewriting the Kerala History}
According to the legends, Lord Parasuramacreated the land between Gokarna
and Kanyakumari. Lord Parasurama the sixth
incarnation of Lord Vishnu was the son of Sage Jamadagniand Renuka. As a mark
of repentance for Kshatriya Nigraha sin, Parasurama meditated at Gokarna and
invoked Lord Varuna(the Lord of the Oceans). Parasurama asked him for a boon.
To absolve himselfof the sins he had committed, he wanted to donate some land
to the Brahmins.
There was no land available because he already donated thewhole land he
obtained by the 21 round Kshatriya Nigraha to Sage Kashyapa. LordVaruna told
Parasurama that he would give him as much land as he wished. Hetold him to
fling his Parasu (axe) from where he stood at Gokarna. The landfrom Gokarna
till the point where the axe landed would be given to him was theboon that Lord
Varuna promised him. The throw of the `axe’ from Gokarna toKanyakumari created
Kerala. Parasurama donated this land to the Brahmins andsettled Brahmins there
in 64 Gramams or villages.
32 out of the 64 Gramamsare in the Tulu speaking region (in between Gokarnam
and Perumpuzha) and theremaining 32 Gramams are in the Malayalam speaking
region (in betweenPerumpuzha and Kanyakumari) in Kerala. Those in Kerala listed
in the Keralopai, thenarrative of Kerala history are :
1. Payyannoor 2. Perumchelloor (Talipparambu) 3.Alatthiyoor
4. Karanthol 5.Chokiram (Shukapuram) 6. Panniyoor 7.Karikkau
8. Isaanamangalam 9. Thrussivaperoor 10. Peruvanam.
11. Chamunda (Chemmanta) 12. Irungatikkootal(Iringalakkuda)
13. Avattiputhur (Avittathoor) 14. Paravoor 15.Airanikkulam
16. Muzhikkalam 17. Kuzhavur 18. Atavur 19. Chenganatu
Chengamanadu) 20. Ilibhyam 21. Uliyannoor 22.Kalutanatu.\
23. Ettumanoor 24. Kumaranalloor 25. Kadamuri 26. Aranmula
27. Tiruvalla 28. Kidangoor 29. Chengannoor 30. Kaviyoor 31.Venmani
And 32. Neermanna(Niranam).
After thecreation of these gramams, Parasurama had consecrated 108 Shiva
temples and 108Durga temples for the well-being and prosperity of the people in
Kerala . Amongthese 216 temples, the Lord Shiva of Gokarnam Mahabaleswara
Temple in the northand Goddess Kumari of Kanyakumari temple in the south were
considered as theprotectors of Kerala. The rst Shivalaya created by Parasurama
was theThrissivaperoor Vadakkunnatha Temple and the last one was the
ThrikkariyoorMahadeva Temple.
The names of these temples were given in the famous 108Shivalaya Nama Stothra.
This stothra is written in Malayalam and is anonymous.There are many temples
with the same place names. Also some old names do notexist or their names have
changed. So I have included temples with the sameplace names as a single group
in this 108 shivalayas. So in this list you cannd more than 110 Shiva temples
in Kerala. It is clear that this stothra wascomposed in Thrissur region of
Kerala because 64 temples were located in thisregion(9 in Palakkad district, 43
in Thrissur district and 12 in Ernakulamdistrict). District wise distribution
of rest of the temples are – 4 inThiruvanathapuram, 5 in Kollam, 3 in
Pathanamthitta, 6 in Alappuzha, 11 inKottayam, 1 in Idukki, 7 in Malappuram, 4
in Kozhikkode, 1 in Vayanad and 5 inKannur. Now 2 temples are in Karnataka and
one is in Tamil Nadu. The fullversion of this stothra is given below.
108 Shivalaya Nama Stothra
Sreemad Dakshina Kailasam Sree Perooriraveeswaram
Sucheendram Chowaram Mathoor Trippangott atha Mundayoor
Sree Mandhamkunnu Chowalloor Panancheri Korattiyum
Puramundekkatt Avungannoor Kollooru Thirumangalam
Trikkariyooru Kunnapram Sree Velloor Ashtamangalam
Iyranikkulavum Kainoor Gokarnam Eranakulam
Paarivaloor Adattum nal Parippil Chathamangalam
Paraparambu Trukkooru Panayooru Vyttila
Vaikom Rameswaram randum Ettumanoor Edakkolam
Chemmanthatt Aluva pinne Thirumittakkottu Cherthala
Kallattupuzha Trukkunnu Cheruvathooru Ponganam
Trukkapaleeswaram moonnum Avittathoor Perummala
Kollathum Kattakampala Pazhayanooru Perakom
Athampally Ambilikkadu Cheranellooru Maniyoor
Tali nalum Kodungalloor Vanchiyoor Vanchuleswaram
Panjarkulam Chittukulam Alathoor atha Kottiyoor
Truppalooru Perumtatta Truthala Thiruvallayum
Vazhappally Puthuppally Mangalam Thirunnakkara
Kodumboor Ashtamikkovil Pattanakkadu Thashtayil
Killikkurussiyum Puthoor Kumbhasambhavamandiram
Someswaram cha Vengaloor Kottarakkara Kandiyoor
Palayoorumahadeva Chelloor atha Nedumpura
Mannoor Truchaliyoor Srumgapuram Kottooru Mammiyoor
Parampum tali Thirunavaya Kaarikkodu Cherthala
Kottappuram Muthuvara Valappaya Chendamangalm
Thrukkandiyoor Peruvanam Thiruvaloor Chirakkalum
Ipparanjava noottettum bhakthiyothu padikkuvor
Deham nasikkiletheedum mahadevante sannidhow
Pradoshathil japichal ashesha duritham kedum
Yathra yathra shiva kshethram tatra tatra namamyaham
Then there is one more in theabove list:
Two Rameswaram Mahadeva Temples are included in the 108Shivalayams. The second
one is the Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple located atAmaravila near Neyyattinkara in
Thiruvananthapuram district. This temple issituated on the bank of Nayyar
river. Rameswaram is 2.5 Km away from theAmaravila check post in NH 47. Local
people believes that Lord Rama worshippedMahadeva at this place and hence the
name Rameswaram. The east facing ShivaLingam is inside the circular sreekovil.
There is also a Parvathy prathishtafacing west inside the Sreekovil. Ganapathy
and Naga devathas are thesubdeities. Thiruvalla Thukalssery Kuzhikkkattu
Bhattathiri is the Tantri ofthis temple. Rameswaramtemple is managed by
Travancore Devaswom Board.
Rameswaram MahadevaTemple Amaravila Neyyattinkara
The ten days long annual utsavam is in Dhanu (December -January) with arattu on
Thiruvathira day. Shivarathry is also celebrated hereand on that day there will
be special poojas for Lord Shiva and GoddessParvathy. Women from different
parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu will offerPonkala Nivedyam to Parvathy Devi on
Shivarathry day. Large number of devoteeswill participate the Bali Tharppana
ritual conducted in Neyyar river onKarkkidaka Vayu day.
Now Parasuramaepic story is on one side while the temple of
Rameswaram in Kerala is that of12th century. One blogger has written that main
deity like Shivalingamor vigraha might be very old but temples were built much
later in the same spotwhich alone is dated 12th century etc.
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From: 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 at 10:55
Subject: [iyer123] LORD SIVA TEMPLE-RAMESWARAM, QUILON, KERALA
To: Iyer <[email protected]>
LORD SIVA TEMPLE-RAMESWARAM, QUILON, KERALA
Dear friends,
Yesterday while watching the Sandhya deepam program in AmirtaTV, deeparadhana
at Quilon Rameswaram temple was shown, narrating brief description of the
temple.
It was quite new to me to hear a place by name Rameswaram isthere in Quilon. I
thought my posting today can be about the temple. Thefollowing is compilation
about the temple from different websites. Hope a divine reading
Today is Makaravilakkucelebration in Sabarimalai. Wish all members once again a
happy Pongal
Gopalakrishnan 14-1-2025
Introduction
Rameshwara Temple in Kollam is dedicated to Lord Shiva, withother deities
worshipped including Lord Ganapathy, Lord Subramanian, LordAyyappa, and Naga
devathas, providing a divine experience for visitors seekingspiritual solace.
It is believed that Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple is oneof the 108 Shiva
temples of Kerala and is installed by sage Parasurama dedicated to Shiva. It
is one of the two Rameswaram temples in 108Shivalaya Sothram. The Amaravila
Rameshwaram Sri Mahadeva Temple is the secondRameshwaram Temple. The temple is
near Amaravila and 2.5 KMs from Quilon busstand and Railway station. It is a
major temple under Travancore Devaswamboard.
Architecture Type Keralastyle
Completed 12thcentury
The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Rameswara facingwest. It is believed
that Kollam Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple is one of the 108Shiva temples of Kerala
and is installed by sage Parasurama dedicated to Shiva
There are two small towers in the west and north sides of thetemple. There is a
Copper flag mast in front of Balikkal pura at west. The mainsanctum sanitorium
is in rectangular shape and the shrine is decorated withbeautiful stone and
wood carvings. Valiyambalam and Balakalpura are common inKerala-Dravidian style.
Inscriptions
A pillar set up in the courtyard of Rameswaram templecontains a royal order of
king Rama Kulasekhara, a 12th-century Chera king ofKerala. The inscription is
historically significant for mentioning exact datein Kollam Era, Manavikrama
Punthurakkon, the chieftain of Eranad (Calicut) andKumara Udaya Varma, a member
of the Venad Royal Family. It is said Kollavarsham,Malayalam Era has started
after construction of the temple;
Subdeities
Ganesha Subrahmanya Dharma Sastha Snake goddess Rakshas
Navagraha Krishna
The main sanctum is in rectangular shape and the shrine isdecorated with
beautiful stone and wood carvings. Valiyambalam and Balakalpuraare common in
Kerala-Dravidian style.
Overview
Nestled in the heart of Kollam, Kerala, the ancientRameshwara Temple stands as
a testament to the rich cultural heritage of theregion. Built in the Kerala
architectural style, this temple dates backcenturies, with inscriptions dating
from the 12th to the 16th century, offeringvisitors a fascinating glimpse into
the past.
As you step into the temple, you'll be greeted by thecaptivating sculpture of
Vyala,a mythical monster that adds to the temple's allure and mystique. The
temple'sserene and peaceful atmosphere invites visitors to immerse themselves
in thespiritual ambiance, making it a perfect place for meditation and prayer.
Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Rameshwara Temple is famous forits well-preserved
structure, with ancient stone pillars and intricate carvingsthat showcase the
architectural prowess of the time.
Visitors often find solace and tranquility within the templepremises, with many
praising the calm and spacious environment that allows fora peaceful worship
experience.
The annual templefestival held in Jan/Febevery year is a highlight, offering a
glimpse into the vibrant culturaltraditions of the region.
Whether you're a history enthusiast, a spiritual seeker, orsimply looking to
experience the essence of Kerala's heritage, a visit to theRameshwara Temple in
Kollam promises a journey back in time and a moment ofserenity in the midst of
the bustling city.
FAQs on Sri MajorRameshwaram Mahadeva Temple
What is the history ofRameshwara Temple in Kollam?
The ancient Rameshwara Temple in Kollam, Kerala, is believedto be built in the
Kerala architectural style, with inscriptions datingback to the 12th to 16th
century, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of theregion.
What is thesignificance of the sculpture of Vyala in Rameshwara Temple?
The captivating sculpture of Vyala, a mythical monster, addsto the allure and
mystique of Rameshwara Temple in Kollam, offering visitors aunique artistic and
cultural experience.
What are visitorssaying about Rameshwara Temple?
Visitors have described Rameshwara Temple as one of theoldest Shiva temples in
Kollam, offering a serene and peaceful atmosphere. Somereviewers have
highlighted the temple's historical importance and thetraditional festivals
celebrated here.
Is Rameshwara Temple apopular tourist spot in Kollam?
Rameshwara Temple is considered one of the best touristattractions in Kollam,
drawing visitors with its ancient architecture, culturalsignificance, and
peaceful ambiance for meditation and worship.
What deities areworshipped at Rameshwara Temple?
Rameshwara Temple in Kollam is dedicated to Lord Shiva, withother deities
worshipped including Lord Ganapathy, Lord Subramanian, Lord Ayyappa,and Naga
devathas, providing a divine experience for visitors seeking spiritualsolace.
Are there any specialfestivals celebrated at Rameshwara Temple?
Rameshwara Temple hosts an annual temple festival inJanuary/February, offering
visitors a chance to partake in traditionalcelebrations and witness the rich
cultural heritage of Kerala.
Is Rameshwara Templeknown for its peaceful atmosphere?
Rameshwara Temple is praised for its calm and soothingatmosphere, making it an
ideal place for meditation, prayer, and experiencing asense of tranquility
amidst the hustle and bustle of Kollam city.
What makes RameshwaraTemple a must-visit destination?
Rameshwara Temple's historical significance, ancientarchitecture, serene
ambiance, and spiritual essence make it a must-visitdestination for travelers
seeking a deeper connection to Kerala's cultural andreligious heritage.
Are there any uniquefeatures of Rameshwara Temple that set it apart?
Rameshwara Temple stands out for its ancient origins,association with prominent
historical figures, and the presence of uniquesculptures and inscriptions that
offer visitors a glimpse into the region'svibrant past.
Address:
Anchukallumoodu-Kavalai Rd, Valiazhikom, Thangasherry East,Thangassery, Kollam,
Kerala 691007
Hours:
Open ⋅ 5 Am Closes 11 am ⋅Reopens 5 pm closes 8pm
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