Small and Beautiful Temple in Coorg.
This is a small temple located near Iruppu Falls in the south of Coorg (Karnataka), and should not be confused with the more famous Ramanathaswamy Temple situated on Rameswaram Island in the Bay of Bengal in South of Tamil Nadu. Many of the reviews below describe a large temple next to the sea. Well, that is the Ramanathasway Shiva Temple on Rameswaram Island, and this Rameshwara temple is a small Shiva Temple on the Lakshmana Tirtha River, which is a tributary of the Kaveri River and originates in the Brahmagiri Hills near the Iruppu Falls.
We visited the Rameshwara Temple when we drove down to the Iruppu Falls near the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka. It is a 50 km drive from Virajpet, Coorg, to the Iruppu Falls in the Brahmagiri Hills bordering the Wayanad district of Kerala. There is a parking lot where we parked our car, and had to pay an entry fee of Rs.50 to visit the Iruppu Falls (reviewed separately). However, you can pay your respects at the Rameshwara Temple before even entering the sanctuary for the falls. It is enclosed in a separate compound and you have to take off your footwear before entering.
Legend has it that Ram and Lakshman passed along this way while searching for Sita. Lakshman, looking for water to drink, shot an arrow into the hills and a spring of water started flowing from where the arrow struck, thus forming the Lakshmana Tirtha River. Hence the Iruppu Falls is believed to possess the power to cleanse sins, and visited by many devotees on Shivaratri day.
We visited the Rameshwara Temple when we drove down to the Iruppu Falls near the Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka. It is a 50 km drive from Virajpet, Coorg, to the Iruppu Falls in the Brahmagiri Hills bordering the Wayanad district of Kerala. There is a parking lot where we parked our car, and had to pay an entry fee of Rs.50 to visit the Iruppu Falls (reviewed separately). However, you can pay your respects at the Rameshwara Temple before even entering the sanctuary for the falls. It is enclosed in a separate compound and you have to take off your footwear before entering.
Legend has it that Ram and Lakshman passed along this way while searching for Sita. Lakshman, looking for water to drink, shot an arrow into the hills and a spring of water started flowing from where the arrow struck, thus forming the Lakshmana Tirtha River. Hence the Iruppu Falls is believed to possess the power to cleanse sins, and visited by many devotees on Shivaratri day.
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