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On 1 March 2024, an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a bag exploded at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, India. [1] [2] [3] At least eight people were injured and taken to hospital, though none were in critical condition. [4] [5]
Rameswaram (IPA: [ɾaːmeːsʋaɾam]; also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel and is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Mannar Island , Sri Lanka.
The main occupation of people live here is fishing and its allied occupations. As Thangachimadam is located in the middle of the Rameswaram island it has sea access on both sides North and Side. This advantage facilitates the fishing for the entire year. Also coconut and jasmine farming activities exist at a considerable level.
There are sixty-four Tīrthas (holy water bodies) in and around the island of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. [18] According to Skānda Purāṇa , twenty-four of them are important. [ 19 ] Bathing in these Tīrthas is a major aspect of the pilgrimage to Rameswaram and is considered equivalent to penance. [ 20 ]
Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone. [1] [2] It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction–Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction–Dhanushkodi Branch line. A train called Boat mail ...
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the former president of the Republic of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam located in Peikarumbu, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The memorial was designed and constructed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a tribute to Kalam and to display the cultural ...
Pamban Island (Tamil: பாம்பன் தீவு, pāmpaṉ tīvu), also known as Rameswaram Island, is an island located between peninsular India and Sri Lanka. It forms part of the Rameswaram taluk in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
The title Sethupathi is a Sanskrit term meaning "Lord of Sethu", [10] where Sethu refers to Ram Setu, [11] a chain of limestone shoals from Rameswaram Island in India to Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. [12] The Maravar clan from 5th century CE were patrons of the Ramanathaswamy Temple, which is also known as Sethu and thereupon assumed the title ...