A Great Devotional Experience at the Ramanathaswamy Temple last week is leading this Senior Citizen couple from Jaipur to plan another trip to this historical temple town
Mohan Singh is 76 years old and hails from the Pink City. He has never been to the Southern tip of Tamil Nadu. Hence when the Rajasthan CM announced a free train trip to Rameswaram for Senior Citizens, Mohan immediately applied online with all the details. He was thrilled when he received the intimation that he had been chosen to go along in the exclusive train for Senior Citizens to have darshan at the Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram.
Brings Ganga Theertham, watches Abhisekam
Mohan has been running a trading firm in Jaipur and with his son taking charge, he reached Rameswaram in the 2nd week of October. His excitement was palpable when he spoke to this writer during the 24 km auto trip to Dhanushkodi “This is the first time I am coming to Rameswaram. It was a special experience inside the Ramanathaswamy sannidhi. The priests were so sincere and devoted. We had brought Ganga Theertham and they performed abhisekam right in front of us. We have found a new inner peace after having darshan of Swami and Ambal.”
He said that he and his wife had been to Kathmandu, Omkareshwar and many other devotional locations but the experience in Rameswaram was unmatched.
To Dhanushkodi on an auto
He also had darshan of all the Theerthams in Rameswaram. A day after darshan at the temple, he took an early morning auto to Dhanushkodi (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2023/10/dhanushkodi-1964-cyclone-survivor.html) to have a look at the confluence of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. “The 24kms ride was an amazing experience. The long straight road took us right to the confluence. The seas were pure blue and we enjoyed being there. On the return trip, we saw the remains of the railway track that was washed away in the 1964 cyclone. The scene of the erstwhile railway station and the water tank made us very sad. We heard tales of how passengers used to alight at the station here and then jump immediately on to the boat that was waiting for them to take them to Sri Lanka. We visualized as to what a wonderful journey it would have been for passengers back then till 1964.”
Vibheeshana Pattabhisekam temple
On the way back to Rameswaram, the couple had darshan at the historical Kothandarama temple (https://prtraveller.blogspot.com/2023/10/kothandarama-temple-dhanushkodi.html) where Rama performed Pattabhisekam for Vibheeshana after the younger brother of King Ravana offered his total surrender “We were delighted to have darshan of Vibheeshana with a princely crown on his head. We never thought that we would one day visit the location of the coronation of Vibheeshana. We also had darshan of the Shiva Lingam outside the temple. We were almost in tears after having darshan here.”
After a memorable couple of days in Rameswaram, Mohan Singh and his wife had darshan at the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai from where they returned to Jaipur to narrate their great experience to their family members.
Plans to be back with his family in Feb 2024
He told thiswriter that no sooner had he shared the details of the darshan to his daughter in the US, she was so excited that she has insisted to go on a trip to Rameswaram when she is next in India in February 2024. Mohan Singh is already all visualizing about his second trip to Rameswaram, this time along with his daughter and all family members early next year such has been the devotional impact of his darshan at the Ramanathaswamy temple.