chairman and vice chairman of rameswaram

Rameswaram chairman

Present chairman of rameswaram is Mr.A.Archunan. Archunan was born on 1962 and he now 51 years old. He is the proud member of rameswaram. Archunan is having good relationship among the people of rameswaram and also he is very much conscious on the affairs of rameswaram.

Profile of A.Archunan - Chairman of Rameswaram

Photograph
Date-of-Birth	02-01-1962
Political Party	AIADMK (The ruling Party of TamilNadu)
Mobile Number	+91 94432 89371

Chennai to rameswaram train

Chennai to rameswaram train timings

There are three direct trains available from Chennai to reach rameswaram. Two of the trains are running on a daily basis and one train is running on Saturday.The Train Number 18496 starts in the morning. Please make a note of it while booking tickets

Please check the below chart for the complete set of trains from chennai to rameswaram

Train Number	Train Name	Departure	Arrival Time	Runs On
16713	Rameswaram Express	17:00 - Egmore	4:45 - Rameswaram	All Days
16713	Rameswaram Express	17:00 - Egmore	4:45 - Rameswaram	All Days
18496	BBS RMM EXPRESS	09:20 - Egmore	23:55 - Rameswaram	Saturday

Rameswaram to chennai train timings

As per indian railway information there are three trains reaching chennai from rameswaram on a week. Two trains are running on all days and one train is running on Sunday. Of all the below trains BHUBANESWAR express departs in the morning time.

Please check the below chart for the complete set of trains from rameswaram to chennai

Train Number	Train Name	Departure	Arrival Time	Running Days
16702	CHENNAI EXPRESS	17:00 - Egmore	06:30 - Rameswaram	All Days
16714	RMM CHENNAI EXP	20:00 - Egmore	08:20 - Rameswaram	All Days
18495	BHUBANESWAR EXP	08:00 - Egmore	22:10 - Rameswaram	Sunday

TamilNadu Hotel in Rameswaram

Hotel TamilNadu Rameswaram

TamilNadu Hotel - Rameswaram

This hotel is located at the distance of 16 kilometers from Rameswaram Railway station. This hotel would be the right choice for the middle class people in India and also for the Budget traveler to have their stay. 

Hotel TamilNadu - Rameswaram

Room costs starts at 800 INR. The amenity is good and you can visit all the places in rameswaram from this hotel. This is a Budget hotel and will suit for the travelers.

This hotel offers complementary Break-fast

This hotel offers rooms for Drivers 

Total Number of rooms in this hotel is 22. 

Check-in Check-out : 12:00 to 12:00

Contact Address and Phone Number

Hotel TamilNadu

Near AgniTeertham 

Rameswaram - 623 526

Tel    :  +91 4573-221064
Tel    :  +91 4573-221277 

Room Tarrifs

Rooms	Full Day Tariff (INR)	Six hours Tariff (INR)
Mini Double Room	800	300
Triple Bed Room	1300	500
Family Room (5 Beds)	1600	500
Family Room (6 Beds)	1650	600
Additional Member	125	50
Mini Double Room A/c	1300	550
Triple Bed Room A/c	1600	700
Suit A/c	3700	1000
Additional Member A/c	175	50

Photos of Hotel TamilNadu 

Hotel TamilNadu Photo I

Hotel TamilNadu Photo II

 

 

Hotels and Lodges in Rameswaram

Hotels and Lodges in Rameswaram

As Rameswaram is a well known tourist place in India. It has the wide variety of Hotels and Lodges. There are two rate system categorizations in Rameswaram. Season and Off-season, In season time, the price of the accomodation is high and in off-season the prices will be very low. The season time is the festival time of ramanathaswamy temple in rameswaram. You can see thousands of people visiting the ramanathaswamy for worship. There would be a heavy rush at that time.

Below are the list of hotels and lodges in Rameswaram

1) Hotel TamilNadu

 

 

Railway station Rameswaram

Rameswaram Railway station

Rameswaram has a big Railway station that is being connected to various cities in India. There are many Expresses and goods trains are coming from various cities. There are two direct express trains to Chennai and one passenger Train to Madurai and tiruchirapalli (Trichy). for the welfare of Kanyakumari tourists an express train is running between Nagercoil and Rameswaram.

Railway station Rameswaram

Rameswaram railway station is very clean and is well maintained by southern Railways department of India.

Earlier there were train communication between dhanushkodi and rameswaram and after the disaster of dhanushkodi the rail routes were damaged and thus the government stopped the Rail communications.

Ramar patham - rameswaram

Ramar Patham in Rameswaram

Ramar patham is an important tourist place in Rameswaram. Ramar patham is also spelled  as Ramar Padam or Ramar padham or Gandhamadhana Parvatham. It is believed that, from this place rama oversee srilanka in the legendary of Ramayanam. Ramar patham has the foot print of Lord Rama and is a sacred place for Hindus. Tourists are visiting Ramar padham and do prayers in this temple.

From this Ramar patham, one can get the full view of Rameswaram and a good view of dhanushkodi. In the first floor of Ramar Patham we can see the imprint of Ramar patham in a chakra. You can see the photo of the Ramars inprint in the below.

This is the highest altitude of rameswaram as per the old historical representations.  

Photos of Ramar Patham

Ramar Patham Rameswaram

Imprint of Ramar Patham

Imprint of ramar patham is still worhipping as sacred by all communities in India. Photography is restricted in the Ramar patham. 

Imprint of Ramar Patham

Boating in Rameswaram

Boating is an another tourist attraction in Rameswaram. This is maintained by Tamil Nadu tourism. The price per passenger for boat ride is very cheap and we can see the Navy ships and coastal guards boats in this boating. This will be very much joyous to the kids. 

Rameswaram Boating

Boating is available in the Rameswaram sea, which is very closed to the rameswaram Ramanathaswamy Temple. After visiting the Temple the next option would be the boating. This boat ride is a half an hour ride. which gives more pleasure while seeing the navy ships. There would be a matter of chance for the tourists to see the submarine belongs to Indian Navy.

pamban bridge rameswaram

Pamban Bridge

Pamban Bridge is the Welcome gate to Rameswaram. This bridge is one of the longest bridge in India with the length of 2.3 metres. People who are visiting rameswaram in train having their first sight seeing in Pamban Bridge. This is one of the key place to be noted and important place to take photograph. This bridge was built by British people in earlier centuries.

Pamban Bridge

This bridge is a cantilever bridge. Earlier meter gauge train was running through this track and later broad gauge was laid to enhance the train journey to adapt more number of passengers.

Cantilever bridge is a kind of bridge which can be opened and closed. Using a lever this bridge can be separated. This was laid in this manner to make the ship pass through this bridge. Till now the ships are passing by this way.

Pamban bridge is the second longest bridge in India. This bridge is supported by concrete pillars. A portion of this bridge can be raised. This is the key factor of this bridge.

It would be an awesome journey if you happen to cross this bridge in the Rameswaram express (Train). This bridge was recently damaged by a ship and the news were spread all around the world. This is a sea  bridge and it is used by train to cross over the sea and for reaching rameswaram.

Like this sea bridge there is a Road bridge also built parallel to enhance road transport to Rameswaram.

Rameswaram

Rameswaram is a place which is in the down south of Tamil Nadu in the Map of India. It is a historical place which is referred in many historical novels, ethics, short stories and poems. Rameswaram is a proud place which is referred in Ramayanam where Rama led a bridge to Srilanka to acquire sita devi from Ravana's custody.

Rameswaram is a Pilgrim centre for Hindus, Everyday many tourists from India and also from foreign countries visiting Rameswaram to enrich their tourist experience. People in Rameswaram believes that After saving sita from Ravana, Rama reached rameswaram and said thanks to Lord Shiva to apologize for killing Ravana.

Rameswaram is the key fishing area in TamilNadu, So many fishermen are living their life with the help of the sea in Rameswaram. So many boats are going to sea for fishing and returning with pail of fishes. Fishing and Tourism is the main occupation of Rameswaram. Variety of Export quality fishes like Crab, Prawn, Sea Fishes, Dry fishes are available in Rameswaram.

Rameswaram is famous for Ramanathaswamy temple. This is one of the longest temple in India. Area of the Rameswaram town is 53 Square kilometers.There are 21 wards in Rameswaram among that 6 of them are reserved for Women and 1 for Scheduled Caste people.

Majority of people in Rameswaram are hindus, Muslims and Christians are of equal strength in Rameswaram. Population of Rameswaram is floating population. You can find many men and women in Rameswaram but they are all from different regions we can commonly call them as Tourist people.