Pamban Island
The island Rameswaram stands on, reached over a sea bridge that opens for ships, and running out to the ghost town of Dhanushkodi.
- Where
- Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.2500, 79.3000
Get the Pamban Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pamban Island. 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 Island
Ramanathaswamy Temple 4.6 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 7.5 km
The tip of Rameswaram island, where two seas meet, and where a town stood until the sea took it in 1964.
New Pamban Bridge 11 km
India's first vertical lift sea bridge, its centre span rising to let ships pass beneath it.
Pamban Bridge 12 km
India's first sea bridge, opened in 1914, with a middle section that lifted to let ships through.
Dhanushkodi 15 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 23 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
Delft Island 51 km
A flat island in the Palk Strait off Jaffna, reached by ferry. Unlike its neighbours it carries a Dutch name on Admiralty charts, and it is known for its wild ponies, coral stone walls and an old baobab tree.
Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai 57 km
A mosque without domes or minarets, built by Tamil Muslim traders in the local temple idiom.
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Questions
Where is Pamban Island?
Pamban Island is in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ramanathaswamy Temple (4.6 km), Dhanushkodi Beach (7.5 km), New Pamban Bridge (11 km).
How do I get the Pamban Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pamban Island 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 Island 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.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.