CM Yogi launches Kashi-Rameswaram holy water exchange
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Varanasi: Building on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kashi-Tamil Sangamam initiative, which aims to foster closer ties between the people of Kashi and Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a historic holy water exchange programme between the revered Kashi Vishwanath and Rameswaram shrines on the third Monday of the sacred Shrawan month
This was done by exchanging urns filled with the sacred water and sands of the holy Sangam of Prayagraj and Rameswaram Kodi Tirtham with representatives of the Devakottai Zamindar Family Trust of Shri Rameswaram Jyotirlinga.
The exchanged water will be used for Jalabhishek of the two Jyotirlingas. The Kashi Vishwanath and DZFT finalised the plan for the exchange to institutionalise this centuries-old scriptural practice on June 19.
As Yogi came out of the sanctum sanctorum of the Kashi Vishwanath temple after offering prayers and 'Shodashopachar' rituals on Monday evening, the temple authorities hosted a ceremony at Lord Vishwanath's courtyard, where the CM handed over the urns containing the Sangam water to the representative of the DZFT of Shri Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga and Al Ar Kattalai Trust's trustee, CRM Arunachalam, and Kovilur Swami.
The latter also gave the urns filled with the water of Rameshwaram Kodi Tirtham to CM Yogi.
"An innovative sacred ritual of mutual exchange of sand-mixed holy water between two Jyotirlingas of the Sanatan tradition for the 'Abhishekam' of both deities has a very special significance as described in the scriptures," said Kashi Vishwanath temple chief executive officer Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, mentioning how the idea to institutionalise this tradition was generated and materialised.
On June 19, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust received a letter from Arunachalam, one of the hereditary trustees of Shri Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram, said the CEO. "In the letter, it was informed that for the past several centuries, the holy water of Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj was used for the 'Abhishekam' of Lord Ramanath Swamy, the chief deity of Rameswaram, during 'Shayan aarti'. For the continuity of this tradition, it was proposed by Al Ar Kattalai Trust that the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust should become a participant in this tradition and provide them with the water of Triveni Sangam.
It was also proposed by them that every month the holy water of Rameswaram Kodi Tirtham will be provided by Al Ar Kattalai Trust for the Abhishekam of Lord Vishwanath."
In response, the CEO said, an approval of the executive committee of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust was obtained on July 3, and consent was given to the proposal to Al Ar Kattalai Trust.
To fulfill this sacred endeavor, temple officials were dispatched to Sangam in Prayagraj on July 27 to ritually fetch holy water and sand, which was then brought to the Kashi Vishwanath temple. This sacred water was subsequently used for the 'Abhishekam' rituals of Lord Ramanatha Swamy. On the occasion of Shrawan Purnima on Aug 9, 'Jalabhishek of Lord Vishwanath will be performed with the water from Rameshwaram.
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