>John of Reading: Resolved {{Empty section}} problem by removing the redundant "See also" heading

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Resolved {{Empty section}} problem by removing the redundant "See also" heading

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There are sixty-four Tīrthas (holy water bodies) in and around the island of [[Rameswaram]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="jcmurali">Murali (2000), p. 574</ref> According to [[Skanda Purana|Skānda Purāṇa]], twenty-four of them are important.<ref name="skaanda24">Setu Māhātmyam, Adhyāya 2, verse 104</ref> Bathing in these Tīrthas is a major aspect of the pilgrimage to Rameswaram and is considered equivalent to penance.<ref>Setu Māhātmyam, Adhyāya 1, verse 24</ref> Twenty-two of the Tīrthas are within the [[Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram|Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple]].<ref name="seturaman">Seturaman (2001), p. 216</ref>

== List of Tīrthas ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;border:0px;text-align:left;line-height:150%;"
|-
! Tīrthas
! Location
! Type
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|[[Chakra Tirtham of Tirupullani|Cakra Tīrtham]]
|Tirupullāni(Darbhaśayanam<ref>Setu Māhātmyam, Adhyāya 3, verse 10</ref>)
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Vetala Varada Tirtham|Vetāla Varada Tīrtham]]
|south of [[Chakra Tirtham of Tirupullani]]<ref>Setu Māhātmyam, Adhyāya 8, verse 3</ref>
|
|
|-
|[[Papa Vinasha Tirtham of Rameswaram|Pāpa Vināśa Tīrtham]]
|Gandhamādhana
|
|
|-
|[[Sita Kundam of Rameswaram|Sītā Kuṇḍam]]
|near [[Thangachimadam]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|Not accessible due to new habitation.
|-
|[[Mangala Tirtham of Rameswaram|Maṅgala Tīrtham]]
|near Ekānta Rāma Temple
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Amrita Vapi of Rameswaram|Amṛta Vāpī]]
|near Ekānta Rāma Temple
|Well
|
|-
|[[Brahma Kundam of Rameswaram|Brahma Kuṇḍam]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Hanuman Kundam of Rameswaram|Hanumān Kuṇḍam]]
|North of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Agastya Tirtham of Rameswaram|Agastya Tīrtham]]
|North-east of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="seturaman224">Seturaman (2001), p. 224</ref>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Lakshmana Tirtham of Rameswaram|Lakṣmaṇa Tīrtham]]
|West of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple beside the highway<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Jada Tirtham of Rameswaram|Jaṭā Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Dhanushkodi]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Lakshmi Tirtham of Rameswaram|Lakṣmī Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Agni Tirtham|Agni Tīrtham]]
|Beach east of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="seturaman221">Seturaman (2001), p. 221</ref>
|Sea
|
|-
|[[Chakra Tirtham of Ramanathaswamy Temple|Cakra Tīrtham of Ramanathaswamy Temple]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Shiva Tirtham of Rameswaram|Śiva Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219">Seturaman (2001), p. 219</ref>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Shangkha Tirtham of Rameswaram|Śaṅkha Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Yamuna Tirtham of Rameswaram|Yamunā Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Ganga Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gaṅgā Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Gaya Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gayā Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Koti Tirtham of Rameswaram|Koṭi Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref>Seturaman (2001), p. 217</ref>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Sadhyamrita Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sātyāmṛta Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="Seturaman 2001, p. 218">Seturaman (2001), p. 218</ref>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Maanasaa Tirtham of Rameswaram|Mānasa Tīrtham]]
|
|
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|-
|[[Dhanushkodi Tirtham of Rameswaram|Dhanuṣkoṭī Tīrtham]]
|[[Dhanushkodi]]<ref>Seturaman (2001), p. 222</ref>
|Sea
|
|-
|[[Naga Tirtham of Rameswaram|Nāga Tīrtham]]
|North-east of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Nakula Tirtham of Rameswaram|Nakula Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Sahadeva Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sahadeva Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Draupadi Tirtham of Rameswaram|Draupadī Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Bhima Tirtham of Rameswaram|Bhīma Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Arjuna Tirtham of Rameswaram|Arjuna Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Jambava Tirtham of Rameswaram|Jāmbavān Tīrtham]]
|
|Well
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|-
|[[Angada Tirtham of Rameswaram|Aṅgada Tīrtham]]
|
|Well
|
|-
|[[Sugreeva Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sugrīva Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Rama Tirtham of Rameswaram|Rāma Tīrtham]]
|West of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple beside the highway<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Sita Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sītā Tīrtham]]
|West of Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple beside the highway<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Small Pond
|
|-
|[[Runa Vimochana Tirtham of Rameswaram|Ṛṇa Vimocana Tīrtham]]
|near Ekaanta Rama Temple
|Large Pond
|
|-
|[[Villundi Tirtham of Rameswaram|Villuṇḍi Tīrtham]]
|near [[Thangachimadam]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|Well
|In the middle of the ocean, a few metres away from the beach
|-
|[[Kapi Tirtham of Rameswaram|Kapi Tīrtham]]
|Paamban<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|
|-
|[[Bhairava Tirtham of Rameswaram|Bhairava Tīrtham]]
|
|
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|-
|[[Amrita Tirtham of Rameswaram|Amṛta Tīrtham]]
|On the way to [[Gandhamadana]]<ref name="seturaman224"/>
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|
|-
|[[Dharma Tirtham of Rameswaram|Dharma Tīrtham]]
|
|
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|-
|[[Gandhamadana Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gandhamādana Tīrtham]]
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|
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|-
|Pancha Pāṇḍava Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|near Ekaanta Rama Temple<ref name="seturaman224"/>
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|-
|Vāli Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|
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|-
|Gaja Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
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|
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|-
|Kumuda Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|
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|-
|Śāradā Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|
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|-
|Paraśurāma Tīrtham<ref name="seturaman224"/>
|
|
|
|-
|[[Sarva Tīrtham of Rameswaram|Sarva Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="Seturaman 2001, p. 218"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Chandra Tirtham of Rameswaram|Candra Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Surya Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sūrya Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Bramha-hatti Vimochana Tirtham of Rameswaram|Brahma-hatti Vimocana Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu219"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Madhava Tirtham of Rameswaram|Mādhava Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220">Seturaman (2001), p. 220</ref>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Nala Tirtham of Rameswaram|Nala Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Niila Tirtham of Rameswaram|Nīla Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Gavaya Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gavaya Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Gavaksha Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gavākṣa Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Gandhamana Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gandhamādana Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Savitri Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sāvitrī Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Sarasvati Tirtham of Rameswaram|Sarasvatī Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|-
|[[Gayatri Tirtham of Rameswaram|Gāyatrī Tīrtham]]
|Inside Rāmanāthasvāmī Temple<ref name="setu220"/>
|Well
|
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last= Murali |first= J. C.|title= Tamizhaga Sivatalangal |year=2000 |publisher= Chatura Padipakkam |location= Chennai}}
* {{cite book |last= Seturaman |first= K|title= Rameswaram Koil |year=2001 |publisher= J. J. Publications |location= Madurai}}
* {{cite book |title= Setu Māhātmyam ([[Skanda Purana|Skānda Purāṇa]] Book 3:Chapter 1 (Bramha Khaṇḍa:Setu Māhātmyam) ) |year=|publisher= |location= }}
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>John of Reading: Resolved {{Empty section}} problem by removing the redundant "See also" heading