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Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple [1] more commonly called as 'Pushpagiri Seeta Ramaswamy temple' is located in the Pushpagiri agraharam of Punkunnam, [2] Thrissur city of Kerala, India. The temple is one of the unique temples dedicated to Lord Rama where both Rama and Seeta share the same pedestal in the sanctum sanctorum.
The central shrine houses the image of Rama in a seated posture with his consort Sita. The other images are of his brothers Lakshmana, Bharatha and Chatruguna in standing posture and Hanuman in worship posture. The sixty four pillars in the hall near the gopuram are sculpted with exquisite finesse depicting various episodes of the epic Ramayana ...
Images of Sri Rama Chakra and Seetha Chakra as given in Pambu Panchangam. Image of Seetha Chakra as a magic square given in the Panchangam published by Srirangam Temple . Sriramachakra (also called Sri Rama Chakra , Ramachakra , Rama Chakra , or Ramar Chakra ) is a mystic diagram or a yantra given in Tamil almanacs as an instrument of astrology ...
The latter version is followed by some Vaishnavas who do not accept the Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu. [10] One list in the Mahabharata gives Rama , Rama (Dasharathi), Satvata (Krishna or Balarama), [11] the Tri-Rama. The Tantric Prapanchasara (attributed to Adi Shankara, but disputed, [12]) also omits the Buddha.
The temple is one of several in India linked to the epic Ramayana legend about Bhadra. According to this legend, in the Treta Yuga, Rama (avatar of the god Vishnu), along with his consort Sita and brother Lakshmana, stayed in the Dandaka forest as a part of their fourteen-year exile. [1]
The temple has granite walls enclosing all the shrines and pierced by a five-tiered Raja Gopuram, the gateway tower.The temple is noted for its exquisite pillars. The presiding deity, Ramaswamy (Rama), along with Sita, is sported with two arms seated in the central shrine in an elevated structure with Bharata, Lakshmana, Shatrughna, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Bharadvaja and Vasishta serving and ...
Rama's birth, according to Ramayana, is an incarnation of God (Vishnu) as human. When demigods went to Brahma to seek liberation from Ravana's menace on the Earth (due to powers he had from Brahma's boon to him), Vishnu himself appeared and said he will incarnate as Rama (human) and kill Ravana (since Brahma 's boon made him invincible from all ...
Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. [12] She is the chief goddess of the Ramanandi Sampradaya and is the goddess of beauty and devotion. Sita's birthday is celebrated every year on the occasion of Sita Navami. [13]