Ramanathaswamy Temple
The longest corridor of any shrine in India at over a thousand metres, on an island joined to the mainland by a rail bridge.
- Where
- Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.2881, 79.3174
Get the Ramanathaswamy Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramanathaswamy Temple. 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 Ramanathaswamy Temple
Pamban Island 4.6 km
The island Rameswaram stands on, reached over a sea bridge that opens for ships, and running out to the ghost town of Dhanushkodi.
Dhanushkodi Beach 9.3 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 13 km
India's first vertical lift sea bridge, its centre span rising to let ships pass beneath it.
Pamban Bridge 13 km
India's first sea bridge, opened in 1914, with a middle section that lifted to let ships through.
Dhanushkodi 16 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 24 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
Delft Island 48 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 59 km
A mosque without domes or minarets, built by Tamil Muslim traders in the local temple idiom.
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Questions
Where is Ramanathaswamy Temple?
Ramanathaswamy Temple is in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pamban Island (4.6 km), Dhanushkodi Beach (9.3 km), New Pamban Bridge (13 km).
How do I get the Ramanathaswamy Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramanathaswamy Temple 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 Ramanathaswamy Temple 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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