Pamban Island
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Pamban Island is an island located off the southeast coast of mainland India. It is separated from the island of Sri Lanka by the Palk Strait, and has the Palk Bay in the Bay of Bengal to the east and
Pamban Island (right) taken from the International Space Station
A train on the New Pamban Bridge with the old Pamban Bridge in the foreground
Pamban Bridge
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Pamban Bridge was a railway bridge that connected the town of Rameswaram on Pamban Island with Mandapam in mainland India. Opened on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the long
Pamban Island
…from the 1964 cyclone. The ruins of the town have become a popular tourist destination. The Pamban Island is linked to the Indian mainland by the Pamban Bridge, which was opened for traffic on 24 February 1914. A new railway bridge was completed near the old Pamban Bridge in 2024 after rail transportation on…
A train on the Pamban bridge in 2016
Lifting spans allow small ships to pass through