Re: Rama worshipped Shiva?

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• Subject: Re: Rama worshipped Shiva?
• From: susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu (Hari Krishna Susarla)
• Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:12:45 +0000 (GMT)
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• Organization: UT Southwestern Medical Center
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In article <4hdkpq$o7s@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
   parrikar@spot.Colorado.EDU (Rajan P. Parrikar) wrote:
>
>The village of Ramnathi in Goa is home to a beautiful Vaishnava
>shrine dedicated to Sri Ramnath. Ramnath here is not Sri Rama, but 
>Shiva instead. During the siege of Lanka, Sri Rama is said to
>have worshipped the jyotirlinga whence Shiva gets the name Ramnath
>(i.e. Lord of Rama). Incidently, Ramnathi is home for the family
>deity of almost all Konkanis with the last name "Pai":-)

If I'm not mistaken, this comes from Tulasi Dasa's Ramayanam. It is stated 
there that he worshiped Lord Shiva out of respect in order to get permission 
to kill his bhakta Ravana. Tulasi Dasa's Ramayanam, although popular in India, 
is not considered to be as authoritative by the acharyas as is Valmiki's 
Ramayanam. 

If there are references to Shiva being worshiped by Lord Rama in the original, 
Valmiki's Ramayanam, I would certainly like to see those verses, complete with 
verse numbers. 

regards,

-- HKS

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