21 Facts About Rameswaram

Rameswaram is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Pamban Island, known as Rameswaram Island, is connected to mainland India by the Pamban Bridge.

Rameswaram is the terminus of the railway line from Chennai and Madurai.

Rameswaram is the second closest point from which to reach Sri Lanka from India and geological evidence suggests that the Rama Sethu was a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.

Rameswaram means "Lord of Rama" in Sanskrit, an epithet of Shiva, the presiding deity of the Ramanathaswamy Temple.

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Rameswaram erected a mosque by name Alia al-Din Khaldji in honour of victory of Islam.

In 1795 CE, Rameswaram came under the direct control of the British East India Company and was annexed to the Madras Presidency.

Rameswaram has dry tropical climate with low humidity, with average monthly rainfall of 75.

Rameswaram is a 3rd grade municipality having 21 wards, out of which 6 are general wards for women and one is reserved for Scheduled Caste women.

The major sources of budgeted income for Rameswaram municipality comes from the Devolution Fund of 17 million and property tax of 2.

Rameswaram comes under the Ramanathapuram assembly constituency and it elects a member to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly once every five years.

Rameswaram is a part of the Ramanathapuram – it has been realigned in 2008 to have the following assembly constituencies – Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram, Mudukulathur, Aranthangi, Tiruchuli.

Rameswaram is an industrially backward town – there has been no demarcation for industrial land due to the pilgrim sanctity and ecological fragile geography.

The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation runs daily services connecting various cities to Rameswaram and operates a computerised reservation centre in the municipal bus stand of Rameswaram.

Rameswaram is the important port among all the ports in the district, having a ferry service to Talaimannar of Sri Lanka, though not operational throughout the year.

Ramanathapuram district has one of the lowest literacy rates in the state of Tamil Nadu and Rameswaram, following the district statistics has a lower literacy rate.

Rameswaram comes under the Karaikudi Telecom circle of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, India's state-owned telecom and internet services provider.

Rameswaram is significant for many Hindus as a pilgrimage to Varanasi is considered to be incomplete without a pilgrimage to Rameswaram.

Rameswaram is frequently in headlines over fishermen issues like attack, arrest and alleged harassment by Sri Lankan navy for alleged cross border activities, Sethusamudram canal project, Kachchatheevu, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and on intercountry smuggling between India and Sri Lanka.

The jetty at Rameswaram is the largest landing centre for fishing boats in the region and it usually comes alive after the ban, with the arrival of fishermen, boat captains, shore workers and others from their native places.

Sea World Aquarium is a natural habitat lying opposite to the Rameswaram Bus Stand, having an assortment of underwater creatures – it is the only one of its kind in the state, filled with such varied marine life forms including exotic species.