A Pilgrimage to Kanyakumari and Rameshwaram (A Journey Through Two of India's Most Sacred Centres of Pilgrimage)

A Pilgrimage to Kanyakumari and Rameshwaram (A Journey Through Two of India's Most Sacred Centres of Pilgrimage)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAE776
Author: Swami Atmashraddhananda
Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Math
Language: English
Edition: 2013
ISBN: 9788178235394
Pages: 110 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.0 inch x 5.0 inch
Weight 90 gm

Book Description

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A first hand account of two of India’s great sacred shrines on the sea shore with details of their legends and religious and historical significance particularly in relation with swami Vivekananda Holy mother Sri Sarada Devi and other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.

Publisher Not’s

Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari are two of the most well-known pilgrimage centres in south India. For centuries, they have been sources of inspiration to countless pilgrims and travellers from different parts of India and even beyond. While describing the geographical boundaries of India, Sanskrit literature speaks of India as a land ‘from Kashmir to Kanyakumari’ and ‘Himalaya to Setubandhana (Rameshwaram)’. This speaks of the deep veneration and importance these places of pilgrimage hold in the Indian cultural tradition. No wonder Swami Vivekananda was so keen on visiting it during his wanderings and was later accorded a royal welcome at Rameshwararn on his triumphal return from the West. Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Brahmananda, and many other direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna have visited Rameshwaram.

The following pages contain a travelogue to these two places of pilgrimage. It is an attempt to put together the details of the legends, religious and historical significance, and the association with Swamiji, Holy Mother and other direct disciples with Kanyakumari and Rameshwaram..

The narrator, Swami Atmashraddhananda, is a monk of the Ramakrishna Order and the present editor of The Vedanta Kesari, the cultural and spiritual monthly published from this Math. Both these narratives first appeared in The Vedanta Kesari (Kanyakumari: January- February 2009 and Rameshwaram: August-November 2009).

We hope the book will be helpful to the devotees and pilgrims interested in knowing more about these sacred places.

Contents

1. A Pilgrimage to Kanyakamari 1
The Pilgrimage 3
The Legend 4
A Journey to the Last Bit of Indian Rock’ 12
Arrival at Kanyakurnari 14
Divine Mother’s Temple 15
The Vivekananda Rock 22
The Sunset and then the Sunrise 27
References 34
2. A Pilgrimage to Rameshwaram 35
Getting Ready 37
The Journey 38
The Great Bathing Experience! 40
Rameshwaram Temple 43
The Darshan 46
Temple History: Some Facts 50
Continuing the Pilgrimage 54
Vivekananda Bhaskaram and other Places 56
A Visit to Kunthukaal 59
A Morning at the Rameshwaram Beach 66
A Visit to Dhanushkodi 67
Jata Tirtham and More 74
In Retrospect 76
Towards Ramnad 80
Visit to the Ramnad Palace 82
Devipatnam 86
Sethukarai 89
Thirupullany Temple 90
The Uttara-Kosa-Mangai Temple 92
Three Important Places 95
Departure to Chennai 101
References 103

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