Chaya Someshwara Temple is well known for its architecture & mysterious shadow that falls on the deity. Here, Lord Shiva is worshiped as Someshwara Swamy. Because of the shadow, the temple is called as Chaya Someshwara Alayam.

The temple has three Garbhagrihas that houses three deities Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara, hence it is also called as "Thrikutalayam".

The Garbhagriha situated on the west and facing east is dedicated to Lord Shiva. We can see a constant and continuous shadow of a pillar on Shiva Lingam throughout the day.

There is another architectural wonder apart from this Shadow which falls on the deity of the temple. If one stands in front of Shiva Lingam in the inner sanctum they will find their own shadow divided into two postures behind the wall of the deity.

Also, In Lord Vishnu garbhagriha, one can notice their hand waved, when standing in front of the deity, it splits into 5 shadow postures.

Scientific Reason Behind The Sh…

Arulmigu Ramanatha Swamy temple in Rameshwaram is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is one of the Jyotirlinga Temples.

 Rameshwaram Temple has the longest corridor among the temples around the world.

Rameswaram is a small Island town in Ramanathapuram District, Tamilnadu state of India.

Legend has that Rameswaram is the last stop of Rama before he was to reach Lanka to fight the battle against Ravana to bring back Sita Devi.

History of The Temple

According to a legend the Shiva Linga is made up of sand by Rama to worship Lord Shiva. One more legend was, Sita made Shiva Linga and installed by Sri Rama while coming back to Ayodhya from Lanka in order to seek blessings of Lord Shiva.

It is believed that the Shiva Linga is worshipped by Rama, Sita, Lakshmana & Hanuman.

Temple Guide

Pilgrims enter through the eastern entrance of the temple gopuram, Pilgrims offer prayers to Lord Hanuman at the entrance. Then enter to the Nandi mand…