
Rameshwaram was a peaceful town where Hindus Muslims mingled closely, and discussed together on social and religious matters. The people of Rameshwaram were religious, cultured and gentle. Kalam grew up imbibing both the cultures and religions. Hindus and Muslims lived friendly as neighbours. Kalam’s family used to arrange the boats to carry idols from the temple to the marriage site, situated in the middle of the Rama Tirtha Pond. Every year Shri Sita Rama Kalyanam Ceremony was held there. It was a sacred Hindu pilgrimage town.Īs per the epic Ramayana, Rameshwaram is the place from where Rama sent his attack on Ravana. Rameshwaram was sacred to pilgrims because of the famous Shiva Temple.

Dr Kalam lived in their ancestral house, built of limestone and brick which was a fairly huge house, situated in Rameshwaram’s Mosque Street. Rameshwaram was a part of Madras state, in British India. His parents Ashiamma and Jainulabdeen were widely regarded as the ideal couple. (Or) Narrate the childhood of Abdul Kalam with a brief review of the things and persons that influenced him in his childhood (or) Narrate Kalam’s childhood and the influences of Kalam during his childhood.Īvul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born into a middle class Tamil family in the island town of Rameshwaram in Oct 15, 1931.

Describe briefly the place of Abdul Kalam’s birth.
