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Sri Yoga Rama Temple, Nedungunam Did you known that the Sri Yoga Rama Temple in Nedungunam in Tamil Nadu is the divine place where Lord Rama on his return from Lanka with Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, during Treta Yuga, spent a day as guest of Shuka, the parrot headed maharishi?  Sri Yoga Rama Temple in Nedungunam in Tiruvannamalai District of Tamil Nadu is a divine place where Sri Rama is deifed in the sanctum sanctorum (Garba Griha) in a sitting "Chinna Mudra" yogic posture flanked to his left by his consort Sita holding a lotus and his brother Lakshamana standing to his right, and with Hanuman sitting oposite to Him reciting Vedic scriptures. The Chinna Mudra hand posture of Lord Rama held close to his heart is unique in such a way that all the fingers except the index finger points upwards gently bent and touching the thumb. The legend narrated to this temple is that Lord Rama during the Treta Yuga while returning from Lanka after def...