There are Sankalpa mantras before taking bath in all the Theerthams (wells,tanks..) in Rameshwara Kshetra.You can also donate auspicious 22 DhAnAs (gifts) to Vedic Brahmins that are meant for each Theertha to for remedies.
One must do "Theertha ShrAddha" whenever one visits holy Theerthas .It is very Important in Rameshwaram to please the ancestors/Pithru devathas.
One should take bath by wearing traditional dress.(Avoid Pants,fancy dress etc )
Theerthas (Holy Weels,Ponds..):
1)MahaLakshmi Theertha:
One must do "Theertha ShrAddha" whenever one visits holy Theerthas .It is very Important in Rameshwaram to please the ancestors/Pithru devathas.
One should take bath by wearing traditional dress.(Avoid Pants,fancy dress etc )
Theerthas (Holy Weels,Ponds..):
1)MahaLakshmi Theertha:
- To get rid off sins earned by illegal means,
- To get wealth in noble business,
- To get blessings of Godess Lakshmi.
- Donate: Pearl necklace
- To get rid off sins like deliberate abortion,
- killing babies,
- To remove difficulties caused due to Ghosts,Pretha etc.,
- Donate: Water pot,Food.(JalaPatra,AnnadhAna)
- For cutting limbs,organs
- To get good health
- Donate: Red Coral Necklace
- For speaking against God Shiva & Vishnu.
- For Shiva AparAdha
- Donate: ShivaLinga
- For being ungrateful
- For Cheating friends,boss & others
- To become a visionary
- To get intellect
- Donate: Conch
- For hating to hear Puranas
- To unlike Vedas,Shastras etc
- Donate: Red or Black Saree to Women
- To get Self-realization by the grace of a Guru
- Donate: Sandal paste in Silver vessel
- To remove all sins that are hurdles in getting self -realization
- To remove the PAthithya Dosha to do ShrAdhha to parents.
- Donate: Honey in Brass vessel
- For killing uncle,relatives
- To defecating in this Kshetra
- To completely remove rest of sins
- Donate: Footwear
- Sins for looking other women with lust
- To criticize others in front of elders
- To remove all sins
- Donate: Ghee in Brass Vessel
- To get virtues of bathing in all theerthas & those in all 14 LokAs
- To get all PurushArthAs like Dharma,Artha,KAma,Moksha
- To get blessings of Sri Ramanatha Swamy
- Donation: pAtheya Dhana,Anna Dhana
- For doing mahApAthakAs
- For all sins (Sarva PrAyaschitta)
- 36 times of bathing to get the biggest virtue of penance of observing 1080 Prajapathya kricchras that could take 12 years to complete
- Donate: NAndhi & Vaishnava Shraadha,Dasha DhAna (10 Donations),Go Dhana (Cow).
Will be continued...