Pamban Bridge
India's first sea bridge, opened in 1914, with a middle section that lifted to let ships through.
- Where
- Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.2825, 79.1999
Get the Pamban Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pamban Bridge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pamban Bridge
New Pamban Bridge 0.2 km
India's first vertical lift sea bridge, its centre span rising to let ships pass beneath it.
Pamban Island 12 km
The island Rameswaram stands on, reached over a sea bridge that opens for ships, and running out to the ghost town of Dhanushkodi.
Ramanathaswamy Temple 13 km
The longest corridor of any shrine in India at over a thousand metres, on an island joined to the mainland by a rail bridge.
Dhanushkodi Beach 19 km
The tip of Rameswaram island, where two seas meet, and where a town stood until the sea took it in 1964.
Dhanushkodi 26 km
A town destroyed by a cyclone in 1964 and left as it fell, at the point where two seas meet and India stops.
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park 34 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai 46 km
A mosque without domes or minarets, built by Tamil Muslim traders in the local temple idiom.
Uthirakosamangai 51 km
The Mangalanatha Swamy temple near Ramanathapuram, spread across twenty acres.
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Questions
Where is Pamban Bridge?
Pamban Bridge is in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are New Pamban Bridge (0.2 km), Pamban Island (12 km), Ramanathaswamy Temple (13 km).
How do I get the Pamban Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pamban Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pamban Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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