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Hanuman Of The Ram Tirath Temple Amritsar
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath Temple is in the form of a huge 80 ft high (24.5 metres) statue, which give the visitors a spectacular view of this deity in a monkey faced form. Hanumanji is a great devotee of Shri Ram and known to be the avatar of Lord Vishnu. It is in Ram Tirath that Hanumanji had dug a water tank which is still in use. This temple is in about 12 km distance from Amritsar in the State of Punjab, India.
Ram Tirath is famous because of the fact that Sage Valmiki used to live in this place and his hermitage is maintained now in the form of a hut. It is here Mata Sitaji had come from Ayodhya after she had to prove her purity by giving agneepariksha upon insistence by Sri Ram as per epic Ramayana.
Sitaji had stayed here as a guest of Sage Valmiki, where she delivered Sri Ram’s twin children Luv and Kush. Legends’ conveying different stories like only one child was born and Sage Valmiki made it into two with the help of a grass called Kush. As per the epic, Luv and Kush had never seen Sri Ram and therefore, challenged him when he conducted a ritual called Ashwamedh Yagna to prove his supremacy as the Lord of the region. In later times, it was Kush who succeeded Sri Ram as the king of Ayodhya.
The Hanuman Statue in Ram Tirath temple is one of the tallest statues in the country, while there are a few others in various parts of the country, particularly in south having this tall and magnificent structure.
Origin
Ram Tirath is known to be the birth place of Luv and Kush, the twin sons of Sri Ram, the epic hero of Ramayan rendered by Sage Valmiki. While Ram is one of the successors in the Raghu Vamsa the clan emanating from the first human being who arose after the great deluge when Lord Vishnu saved human species from waters, during his avatar of a fish, tying the ark holding human species in His stout, and enabling Manu to land safely to protect the human generation. It is also a historical information that Kush succeed Ram in Raghu Vamsa as the Emperor of Ayodhya.
Ram Tirath temple gains importance because of the legend that Hanumanji dug a tank here for the benefit of Mata Sitaji and this tank is still maintained here.
The mammoth Hanuman Statue here in this temple is something every visitor admires during one’s visit because of its size and workmanship with which it has been constructed.
There are a number of Temples are spread out in this particular area. In the temple site, there is a hut in which place supposedly Mata Sita had given birth to Luv and Kush. The Ram Tirath Temple also houses Maharishi Valmiki's hermitage and a well equipped water source with steps using which Mata Sita used to take her bath in the well.
There are impressive exhibits of Ramayana episodes in all these temples at Ram Tirath.
Annual Fair
Ram Tirth in Amritsar is also known for its four day long fair organized every year 15 days after Diwali since many years. Large number of tourists across the country visit this place during that occasion too. Devotees float lamps made out of kneaded flour lit with ghee poured in it during Full moon days during this fair.
People also take a holy dip in the water tank which is believed to have been dug by Hanumanji and going round the tank after their bath.
How to Reach
Raja Sansi International Airport is the nearest airport to reach Ram Tirath and this airport is well connected to other parts of the country.
One can reach by Rail, Amritsar has a Railway Station and it is directly connected to the rest of India with fast trains starting and terminating here.
By road, one can use the regular deluxe and non-deluxe buses run by different bus operators apart from State Transport corporations, which include Volvo type buses.
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