Sri Rama didn't fly to Sri Lanka, he walked from Rameswaram down South in the TamilNadu. Ramayana unites Hindus. Not just in India, acrosd the globe https://twitter.com/SrinathHnp/status/1184359294826733569

Tunchathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan’s  Adhyathma Ramayanam is almost daily read in the homes of Kerala.
Raghu Veera Gadhyam of Vedantha Desika, Pasurappadi Ramayanam of Periyavachan pillai are 2 famous works on Rama in Tamil Nadu.
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Sree Rama Pattabhishekam Koodiyattam performance in Koodalmanikyam Bharata swami temple in Irinjalakkuda Kerala.
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Sree Rama swamy of Triprayar, in Kerala
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Thiruvangadu Sree Rama swamy Temple in Kannur. Deity of Sree Rama is in a four handed form & has been consecrated by Lord Parashurama according to the Kerala Mahatmyam.
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Kerala mural painting - Sree Rama Pattabhishekam
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Sree Rama swamy mural painting in Kottakkal temple
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Ramaswamy Kovil at Kumbakonam, TamilNadu was built by a Govinda Dikshitar, minister of Thanjavur's Raghunatha Nayaka a few years after the destruction of Rama Janmasthan temple in #Ayodhya

Kumbakonam Ramaswamy Kovil - the temple where SriRama, Sita are seen with Bharata, Shatrughnan & Lakshmana as it was in the Ramajanmabhoomi temple in #Ayodhya. Lord Hanuman is playing the Veena here.
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Five Vishnu temples are connected with Mahamaham festival which happens once in 12 years in Kumbakonam
Sarangapani Temple,
Chakrapani Temple,
Ramaswamy Temple,
Rajagopalaswamy Temple, and
Varahaperumal Temple.

Sree Pulpally Seetha Lava Kusha Temple, in Wayanad, Kerala is one of the rarest temples – dedicated to Sita Devi & the sons of Shree Rama & Seetha Devi, Lava & Kusa.

Sri Andalurkavu is a prominent Ramaswamy Temple in the Dharmadom island of Kannur. 2 kavu (shrine) thazhe kavu & Mele Kavu (lower & upper shrines) represents Ayodhya & Lanka.
Annual festival of this temple presents a visual treat of ancient sacred customs in its pristine form

Mele Kavu has 3 small temples dedicated to “Devathar Eswaran “Anga Karan “and “Bapuran” which are supposedly the depictions of Lord Rama, Lakshmana and Hanuman.
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A series of Theyyam performances take place during the annual festival of Sri #AndalurKavu
Daivathareesan is the personification of Sri Ramachandra
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Theyyam artists colorfully dressed and depicting Lord Rama, Lakshmana and Hanuman perform their way from Mele Kavu to Thazhe Kavu where they enact Yudha Kaandam or War scene.
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Angakaran - Lakshmanan
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During the month in which the Festival is scheduled, people in the region, Dharmadam, Palayad, Melur & Andalur irrespective of Caste or Religion avoid eating any kind of non-vegetarian food as part of the dedicated Vratham
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Pic 1: Bali Sugreeva Yudham.
Hanuman's Vanarasena includes all these men from the region.
This is the most important festival for everyone belonging to the Dharmadom area. Peruvannan comes from nearby Pinarayi village also

Vilwadrinatha temple, Thiruvilwamala, Thrissur Kerala is a unique Sri Rama Temple with deities of Sri Rama,Sri Hanuman. Lakshmanaswamy, Ganapati. Bhutanatha (Sri Ayyappa) with Siva & Parvathi on either side, on the same pedestal.
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Parasurama muni disturbed by the Kshatriyas he killed, prayed to Mahavishnu. He was told Paramasivan & bhootagana are in Vilwadri, so go & see them. Lord Shiva presented him a murthi of Vishnu, & told that he worshipped the deity in Kailasa.Parasurama consecrated the deity nearby

One month, every household & temples in Kerala is resonated with the chanting of Adhyatma Ramayanam by Tunchath Ezhuthachan

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