Kasi vs Rameswaram
Kasi thiab Rameswaram yog qhov chaw dawb huv tshaj plaws rau Hindus hauv Is Nrias teb.
Ob tug ntawm Jothingam thaj neeb tawm ntawm kaum ob yog nyob rau hauv lub tuam tsev Kasi Vishwanatha thiab Rameswaram Sri Ramanathaswamy lub tuam tsev
zoo li Kasi rau North, Rameswaram yog rau South
Gange rau Kasi, Agni theertham rau Rameswaram
Nyob rau hauv Kasi devotees tuaj yeem kov thiab ua abhishekam rau qhov dawb huv Jyotirlingam, nrog dej los ntawm Ganges, mis nyuj thiab paj whereas nyob rau hauv Rameswaram ib txwm kev pe hawm yog ua raws
Hindus pehawm ntawm Rameswaram kom txoj kev vam meej nyob rau hauv lub neej no, thiab nyob rau hauv Kasi kom tau dim ntawm lub ntiaj teb no tiag tiag thiab ncav cuag tus Tswv Siva tom qab tuag (Moksha)
Hindus ntseeg tias lawv txoj kev mus rau Kasi ua tsis tiav yam tsis muaj kev mus ncig rau Rameswaram
Kasi thiab Rameswaram yog ob lub chaw ua haujlwm Hindu qub tshaj plaws hauv Is Nrias teb. Kasi yog nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Is Nrias teb thiab Rameswaram nyob rau yav qab teb kawg ntawm Is Nrias teb, 3200km sib nrug.
Kasi yog lwm lub npe rau lub nroog Varanasi thaum ub. Nws tseem hu ua Benaras. Nws nyob ntawm ntug dej ntawm tus dej Ganges thiab qhov no yog thawj qhov laj thawj rau nws txoj kev dawb huv. Nws nyob hauv lub xeev Indian ntawm Uttar Pradesh.
Rameswaram ntawm qhov tod tes, nyob hauv Indian xeev Tamilnadu. Nws nyob ntawm Pamban Island thiab yog li 50 mais ntawm Mannar Island hauv lub tebchaws Sri Lanka. Zoo li dej Gange rau Kasi, Agni theertham yog rau Rameswaram.
Raws li Hindu mythology, Rameswaram yog qhov chaw uas tus Tswv Rama ua tus choj nrog kev pab ntawm cov liab kom rov qab tau Sita uas raug nyiag los ntawm Ravana, huab tais Lanka.
Kasi suav tias yog qhov chaw dawb huv tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb los ntawm Hindus thiab lawv xav tias yuav mus ncig tsawg kawg ib zaug hauv lawv lub neej mus rau qhov chaw dawb huv. Kasi yog lub tsev rau Viswanatha Tuam Tsev uas tus thawj tswj hwm yog Tswv Siva. Siva yog pe hawm nyob rau hauv lub Jothilinga daim ntawv nyob rau hauv lub tuam tsev.
Cov neeg Hindus xav tias lawv txoj kev mus ncig rau Kasi ua tsis tiav yam tsis muaj kev mus ncig rau Rameswaram ib yam nkaus. Tswv Siva yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Rameswaram ib yam nkaus, thiab hauv tib daim ntawv Jothilinga nrog lub npe Sri Ramanatha Swamy. Ntawm kaum ob lub nroog Jothilingas ob tug raug muab tso rau hauv ob lub tuam tsev.
Dhau ntawm Hindus, cov Buddhists thiab Jains suav tias Kasi yog qhov dawb huv tiag tiag. Gautama Buddha tau hais thawj zaug ntawm Sarnath nyob ze Varanasi.
Kasi tau muab ntau qhov tseem ceeb vim nws nyob ze rau tus dej Ganges. Muaj ntau pua ghats hauv Varanasi txuas mus rau Ganges. Ntau ntawm cov ghats yog txuam nrog Hindu dab neeg thiab mythologies. Ib txhia ntawm cov ghats no yog siv rau kev noj dawb huv dip hauv Gange thiab ua kev cai dab qhuas rituals thaum lwm tus siv los ua qhov chaw faus neeg. Cov Hindus ntseeg ruaj khov tias qhov dej dawb huv hauv Ganges hauv Kasi yuav ua rau lawv tshem tawm tag nrho lawv tej kev txhaum. Kev tuag nyob rau hauv Kasi yog suav tias yog dawb huv heev nyob rau hauv lub siab hais tias tus neeg tsis destined yuav tsum tau yug dua tshiab. Oblations raug muab rau cov poj koob yawm txwv tuag nrog kev ntseeg tias lawv yuav muaj kev zoo siab nyob rau lwm lub ntiaj teb. Cov neeg uas tsis tuaj yeem tuaj xyuas Kasi noj lub ncuav dawb huv hauv Agni theertham thiab muab kev cog lus rau lawv cov poj koob yawm txwv ntawm Rameswaram.
Muaj 36 lub qhov dej hauv Rameswaram uas 22 nyob hauv lub tuam tsev Ramanathaswamy thiab cov dej no tau hais tias muaj cov khoom siv tshuaj. Kev da dej hauv cov no suav tias yog qhov tseem ceeb heev. Lub tuam tsev Agni theertham hais txog dej hiav txwv thaum lub Koti theertham nyob hauv lub tuam tsev nws tus kheej.
Hindus ntseeg tias koj yuav tsum mus ncig ua si rau Kasi hauv ib pab pawg thaum koj yuav tsum mus rau Rameswaram ib leeg.
Kasi yog lub tsev rau suab paj nruag kab lig kev cai. Lub Benaras Gharana ntawm Hindustani Music style tau tsim hauv Kasi. Kasi tau ua lawv lub tsev los ntawm ntau tus kws sau paj huam xws li Kabir, Munshi Premchand, Ravidas thiab cov kws ntaus nkauj zoo li Ravi Shankar, Girija Devi thiab Hariprasad Chaurasia hais txog ob peb tug. Tulsidas sau Ramacharitamanas ntawm no. Varanasi tseem muaj npe nrov rau Banares saries thiab ntaub pua plag.
Txoj kev txhiab tus ncej hauv lub tuam tsev Sri Ramanathaswamy thiab ko taw ntawm Rama, Naga Idols ntawm Ram lub tuam tsev thiab Sita Kund yog qee qhov chaw pom hauv Rameswaram.