Rameshwar Jyotirlinga

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Rameshwar Jyotirlinga located in Tamil Nadu is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, whose place is mentioned in Shiva Purana in Kanyakumari. Here there is a huge temple of Rameshwar on the sea shore. Rameshwar is also called Setu Bandh. Rameshwar Jyotirlinga located in Varanasi is the symbol of this. According to Kashi Khand, its symbolic place is in Maan Mandir locality of Varanasi. The story related to this in Shiva Purana is as follows:- During the time of Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, when Ravana reached the beach with his army to attack Lanka after the abduction of Sita, he felt thirsty and asked to take water. Before worshiping the dead idol of Lord Shiva, pleased with which Lord Shiva asked him to ask for a boon. On this, Shri Ram sought the boon of victory from Lord Shiva and said that if you are satisfied, then you can purify the world and do good to others. Always stay here to do. Lord Shiva was established there in the form of Jyotirlinga on Shri Ram's saying and he became famous in all the three worlds by the name of Rameshwar.