Rameshwaram, The Anchor Of Indian Renaissance 3

Rameshwaram is famous for Sri Rama, his epic Ramayana and especially the episode of Ram setu. Ramayana is in fact ingrained in the mind and culture of India.

Swami Vivekananda has spoken with lot of pride about Ramayana and also about the episode of squirrel and setubandhan which happened in Rameshwaram. From his words the deep influence and role of Ramayana in moulding our national character will be more clear. Following are some of the quotes of Swamiji.:

‘Rama the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, the ideal father and above all an ideal king. No language can purer, none chaster, none more beautiful and at the same time simpler than the language in which the great sage Valmiki depicted the life story of Rama. ..And what to speak of Sita? You may exhaust the literature of the whole world that is past, and I may assure you that you will have to exhaust the literature of the future, before finding another Sita. Sita is unique, she has gone into the very vitals of our race. She is there in the blood of every Hindu; we all are children of Sita.’ The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda by Swami Vivekananda Volume 3, Lectures from Colombo to Almora.

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