Blogs from Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Rameshwaram – is a holy town located on Pamban island – and is separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel. It is just 40km from Mannar island, Sri Lanka. url=https://nishayogitraveller.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130519575/pamban-bridge-rameshwaram_orig.jpgimg=https://nishayogitraveller.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130519575/editor/pamban-bridge-rameshwaram.jpg?1587455994 ​When Ravana took Sita away to Sri Lanka, Lord Rama built the Ram Sethu bridge with Hanuman's help from here, across the sea to Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the Rama Sethu was a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The bridge was 29km in length and the temple records note that it was completely above sea level until it broke in a cyclone in 1480 CE. Many other maps in Schwartzberg's historical atlas and other sources such as travel texts by Marco Polo call this ... read more

Like everyone else, I was dressed only the vesthy, ushered by the committee members for a quick holy dip at the Bengal Bay in the quaint little town of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. I choke as I got to swallow some sea water while taking the dip. I am the fairest of them all. All eyes stared at me, I felt awkward but I just kept going trying to shake the waters off me, kept myself dry. But not for long. Inside Rameswaram Temple, there are twenty wells. According to the Hindus, these wells contain holy waters to cleanse our sins. I wondered how thick my sins were as I walked in to get my first shower at the first Theertam (well). Each well I was showered with three buckets full of water. Imagine these, there were ... read more

This is my first post on Travel blog. And I would like to start it on a religious note, so I am writing my personal experience and feedback on my trip to Rameswaram which is one of the Char Dham place, also one of the twelve Jyotirlings, also known as Varanasi of south. Aug 31 , 2012 We have started our journey to Rameswaram from Chennai. After finishing our official work we plan to catch the night train which has two benefits for us. First No early rushing from office to catch evening 1700 hrs train and secondly to get chance to see an Engineering Marvel the longest Pamban bridge in the day time. So we catched the train (Rameswaram Express Train number 16701) at 2140 hrs from Chennai Egmore station. The train route was from ... read more

One state transport bus connects Kanyakumari to Rameswaram and that follows a coastal route....locating and boarding that bus was bit painful as none was understanding me and vice versa... Landscape of Tamilnandu varies from banana,coconut,date vegetation to barren arid fields sometimes...sometimes i was crossing those bridges on back water ways and was able to get a glimpse of the ocean..sometimes i was witnessing sea salt production plant on road side...at times bus was stopping to some humid town stinking with stale fishes.....I had very difficulty in having lunch during those days as most of the restaurants were closed in the afternoon from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM... it was a whole day journey to rameswaram and was extremely tiring...scenic landscape was the only driving force in this famishing journey...finally the travel was folded to rameswaram... Images: ... read more

Non loin du Sri Lanka et à seulement 4 heures de bus de Madurai, se trouve une île indienne nommée Rameswaram. C'est là que nous avons choisi de passer notre week-end. Le pont qui sépare cette île de l'Inde, nous a aussi séparé du monde. Loin géographiquement de mes racines, je me sentais loin de tout, coupée du monde. Si la ville de Rameswaram n'a rien de quoi enchanter, j'ai d'ailleurs été très surprise par la saleté des rues, il n'en est pas de même pour tout le reste de l'île. A 18km, du centre de Rameswaram se trouve un village de pêcheurs, Dhanushkodi. Lorsque nous sommes arrivés en rickshaw dans ce village excentré, c'était comme si on s'était endormi et que nous partions voyager dans nos rêves. Pas un touriste aux alentours, seuls, de petites ... read more