Tirupullani

This place is very close to Rameswaram (oceanside close to Sri Lanka), and one of the 108 divya desams in south india. It is here where Lord Rama did penance for crossing the Ocean to fight against the Demon Ravana, to get back his wife Sita Devi. Lord Varuna came to him and told Him how to cross the ocean, by writing the Name "Rama" on the stones. They would flood on the surface, and the whole Army of his could cross the ocean and reach Lanka.
The temple has a very unique sleeping Lord Rama housing, who is resting on a bed of darba grass. The deity is a huge black granite Form, but one can see clearly the Darba grass bed carved on it.
One the ocean side we did a very complicated shraddha ceremony, for some of our friends families who passed away, to bless and nulifiy the bad karmas they created. It is said that such ceremonies helping the living and decreased one, to attain a higher stage of consiousness and bring auspiousness to all of them. That is the special blessing by Lord Rama who came here.
Different stages of the ceremony is shown on the pics, and one of them is bathing at least 30 times...