Eri Katha Ramar Koil
Travelling through India we encounter many rich and beautiful temples. Temples with exotic history, exquisite sculptures and powerful deities. Most of these temples were built by the rulers of the time and some of them by devotees. But when a temple has a deep history....... where the Gods walked and performed sevas and penances the temple becomes a site of special powers and importance. We will take you through the story of one such temple. Located on the banks of an ancient lake in the state of Tamil Nadu is the famous Eri Katha Ramar Koil. The temple has found references to many stories of the Puranas and special mention in the famous epic Ramayana. Now such references date the Sthala or site to be over 35000 years old. This information is hard to digest for most of us. The Ramayana and the Puranas are great to read. They teach us the story of our Gods, the history of our religion and most importantly Dharma, moral values we should live by every day. But when this suddenly comes to life in a site we can walk on, a temple we can visit and deities we can stand in front of and worship..... most of us start questioning the story.
Well this video is not made to answer those questions. Each of us will have to read, investigate, experience and feel the answers. The manifestation of truth can come to us in any form .......personal experience, sound, smell, and in any form that stimulates our five senses. Coming to today and approaching the history archaeologically, the ASI has dated the temple to be over 1600 years old. And the history recorded by them and the temple relates to events and happenings more recent and easy to validate. As ancient temples go Eri Katha Ramar Koil is well equipped to sustain and perform the service to the deities and the devotees.