Draft:Ramling Bet Bahe Ancient Shiva Temple, Sangli

Ramling Bet Bahe Ancient Shiva Temple
Ramling Bet Bahe ancient Shiva Temple is located near Sangli city in India. As per the historic stories, Lord Shri Rama, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman created this ancient Shiva Lingam on the banks of river Krishna after they were returning to Ayodhya after winning the historic battle in Sri Lanka. When they were worshipping lord Shiva, suddenly Krishna river started flooding and water level started increasing. Hanuman spread his large hands and separated the flow of river Krishna into two parts to create an island around the Shiva Lingam. Thereafter this place is known as Ramling Bet Bahe as the Shiva Lingam was created by Shri Rama and the island was created by Hanuman's hands which is known as Bahe in the local language and Bet stands for Island in the local language.

A statue of Hanuman has also been created at Ramling to signify this historic event. Every year thousands of devotees visit Ramling Temple to offer prayers to Lord Shiva.

How to reach Ramling Bet Bahe
Sangli is the major city which is about 49 km from Ramling Temple. Plenty of auto riksha and taxis are available from Sangli railway station to Ramling.

Railway
Sangli railway station is the nearest railway station which is connected to all major cities of India by express trains. Devotees coming from Southern Indian can come by Sangli-Bengaluru Rani Chennama Express which is the most convenient train to reach Sangli. Devotees coming from Vidharbha and Marathwada region of Maharashtra can come by Sangli-ParliVaijnath DEMU Express. Apart from these 2 trains, there are around 50 trains that stop at Sangli railway station