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.
I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
-Swami Vivekananda