“Sacred places in India are to be preserved, rather increased religious faiths spoiling the environment in our heavenly earth”

Rameshwaram, tiny island located outside Indian mainland in Bay of Bengal sea. This place has some strategic importance because of  historical and religious point of view. This place is serene land with spectacular views over the beaches. Fishing is the main livelihood activity. Tourists are also enormous and local community is prospering with increasing visits of tourists.  Between Danushkodi and Srilanka, there is a visible mud like formation in the sea which makes the sea very shallow along the formation (like a footpath or bridge), clearly visible in satellite images. Hindu’s consider this is one of the sacred place and there are beliefs like one should go to varanasi and followed visit should be made to Rameshwaram.

Ramanathapuram temple is master piece of Indian achitectural work. It is really amazing, how all the construction materials are carried from mainland to island for building the temple, when there was no bridge or road in olden times. Temples in Tamilnadu are always treasures because of architectural significance and the way they got constructed and moreover life of the work, standstill for generations. Rameshwaram temple has twenty two wells. Irrespective of its coastal location, water from the well does not exhibit salt water content and each well has different taste of water.  It is belief that  if one takes bath with water from all these wells, he/she gets blessed and life becomes meaningful.

Environment is getting spoiled with the increased religious faiths and number of tourists. There is a place where people take bath in the beach before entering into temple. This place is accumulated with wastes both recyclable and degradable. Especially plastic covers, clothes, shampoo packs etc., making the place more dirty and pollutes the water as well as the land. It is very sad to note the  sacred places are increasingly prone to environment pollution. Pray for the situation to get changed in all sacred places.

“Let us keep the environment clean and green.”