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Temple legend · 2 tellings · contested

Rama's linga at Rameswaram

Rama wishes to worship Shiva on the island before crossing to Lanka, or after killing Ravana, to be cleansed of killing a brahmin.

Rama, Sita, Hanuman, Shiva

Pan-India South India