Rameswaram

Why visit

A three-day loop takes in two very different pilgrimage stops — the Ramanathaswamy corridor with its sequence of holy-water baths, and the abandoned spit at Dhanushkodi where the mainland simply ends — with Madurai’s Meenakshi Amman Temple as the natural gateway on the way in.

• Ramanathaswamy Temple’s corridor and the twenty-two theertams
• Dhanushkodi’s abandoned shoreline at the tip of the peninsula
• Meenakshi Amman Temple at Madurai
• The Pamban Bridge crossing to Rameswaram island

Places covered

MaduraiRameswaramDhanushkodi

Suggested itinerary

1. Day1

   Arrive Madurai

   Check in, then Meenakshi Amman Temple for the evening aarti.

2. Day2

   Madurai to Rameswaram

   Drive over the Pamban Bridge; Ramanathaswamy Temple and the theertam baths.

3. Day3

   Dhanushkodi and depart

   Van to Arichal Munai at the tip of Dhanushkodi, then transfer to Rameswaram station.