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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 ]
Kilakarai is an eastern coastal town and a port, located in southern Tamil Nadu. It was a flourishing seaport and a gateway to places as far as Madurai until the early 20th century. The famous pearl belt known as the Gulf of Mannar in the Bay of Bengal is dotted with small islands Appa Tivu, Nallathanni Theevu , Shuli Tivu, Uppu Tanni Tivu ...
Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. [1] It is south-east of Pamban and is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath. Although devoid of inhabitants ...
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 ...
Pamban Bridge is a railway bridge which connects the town of Mandapam in mainland India with Pamban Island, and Rameswaram. Opened on 24 February 1914, [ 5 ] it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the Bandra–Worli Sea Link in 2010.