Pamban Island (Rameswaram Island)

A goddess temple in Rameswaram town dedicated to Badrakali, a fierce form of Durga. It is regarded as one of the prominent temples of the district alongside the great Ramanathaswamy shrine. Pilgrims commonly visit it as part of their Rameswaram temple circuit.

The modest ancestral home of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on Mosque Street, converted into a memorial museum showcasing his childhood, family, and career.

One of the 12 Jyotirlingas and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage, famed for its roughly 1,200-metre corridor lined with carved pillars, the longest of any Hindu temple.

A small hilltop temple believed to enshrine Rama's footprint, offering one of the highest and widest panoramic views over Rameswaram island.

A memorial and museum dedicated to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India and aerospace scientist, built at his burial site in his hometown of Rameswaram.

A temple in Rameswaram dedicated to Rama, one of several Rama-linked shrines on Pamban island connected to the Ramayana pilgrimage. It is a lesser-known devotional stop that complements the main Ramanathaswamy temple.

A temple on the Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi road housing a rare five-faced idol of Hanuman, along with a floating stone said to be from the mythical Rama Setu.

A coastal freshwater spring on the way to Dhanushkodi, believed to have been created by Lakshmana's arrow, where pilgrims bathe in a small freshwater pool beside the sea.

A coastal temple en route to Dhanushkodi marking the spot where, per legend, Vibhishana surrendered to Rama; it was one of the few structures to survive the 1964 cyclone.

Opened in April 2025, this is India's first vertical-lift sea railway bridge, built alongside the century-old original Pamban Bridge to carry rail traffic to Rameswaram.

Opened in 1914, this was India's first sea bridge, linking Rameswaram island to the mainland across the Palk Strait with a distinctive double-leaf bascule section.

A former port town at the southeastern tip of Rameswaram island, reduced to ruins by a devastating cyclone in 1964 and now a haunting ghost town of roofless buildings on a narrow sand spit.