RAMESWARAM

RAMESWARAM

In my home, we are thinking to go for a Pilgrimage. At that time, my mother has rightly opted for Rameswaram.  Rameswaram, (also spelt as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a town and a second grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district in the South India state of Tamil Nadu It is on Pamban Island  separated from mainland India by the Pamban Channel and is about 40 kilometres from Mannar Island. Sri Lanka. It is in the Gulf of Mannar, at the tip of the Indian peninsula. Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, is connected to mainland India by the Pamban Bridge Rameswaram is the terminus of the railway line from Chennai and Madurai Together with Varanasi it is considered to be one of the holiest places in India to Hindus, and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage. 

Accordingly, we have went to the temple and worshipped the God. In Rameswaram in addition to the temples, one of the important thing to see is the Pamban Bridge, which  is a cantilever bridge on the Palk Strait that connects Rameswaram to mainland India. The railway bridge is 6,776 ft (2,065 m)^] and was opened to traffic in 1914. The railroad bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge section that can be raised to let ships pass under it . The railway bridge historically carried metre-gauge trains on it, but indian Railways upgraded the bridge to carry broad-gauge trains in a project that finished on 12 August 2007. Historically, the two leaves of the bridge were opened manually using levers by workers. About 10 ships – cargo carriers, coast guard ships, fishing vessels and oil tankers pass through the bridge every month. After completion of bridge, metre-gauge lines were laid from Mandapam up to Pamban Station, from where the railway lines bifurcated into two directions, one towards Rameswaram about 6.25 miles (10.06 km) up and another branch line of 15 miles (24 km) terminating at Dhanuskodi The noted Boat Mail ran on this track between 1915 and 1964 from Chennai Egmore up to Dhanushkodi, from where the passengers were ferried to Talaimannar in Ceylon. The metre-gauge branch line from Pamban Junction to Dhanushkodi was abandoned after it was destroyed in a Cyclone i 1964. When we are going through bridge for road, we have seen a ship was crossing through the railway bridge, which was opened for the smooth voyage of the ship. THe sceneray is as follows, which is very enjoyable.