Ramanathswamy Temple

At the 2026 BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were seen shaking hands in front of a high-quality projection of the 1,212-pillar corridor from Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathswamy temple.

  • Located at Rameswaram on Pamban Island, Tamil Nadu, the Ramanathaswamy Temple is a historic Dravidian-style temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
  • According to the Ramayana, Lord Rama worshipped Shiva here after returning from Lanka.
  • The first stone temple was built by the Chola rulers in the 12th century and later expanded by the Pandyas, Vijayanagar rulers and Sethupathi kings of Ramnad.
  • Its grand outer corridor extends about ....
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