Rameshwaram and Kanyakumari are two of the most well-known pilgrimage centres in south India. For centruries, they have been sources of inspiration to countless pilgrims. This book is a travelogue to these two places of pilgrimage with their legends and the religious and historical significance.
Those who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.
-Swami Vivekananda