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RAMESWARAM , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Madura See also:district of See also:Madras, on the See also:island of Pambam in Palk Straits . It contains one of the most See also:venerable See also:Hindu shrines, founded, according to tradition, by Rama himself, which for centuries has been the resort of thousands of pilgrims from all parts of India . The See also:great See also:temple, with its pillared corridors 700 ft. See also:long, is perhaps the finest example of See also:Dravidian See also:architecture . |
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