Tamilnadu > Ramanathapuram > Mandapam Pamban
Lying on the Ramanathapuram - Rameswaram National Highway and just 19 kms before Rameswaram lies this sleepy coastal village of Mandapam. Prior to the 1914 train service linking the mainland with Rameswaram, boats were the only mode of transport to ship the pilgrims on their journey to Rameswaram. It is possible to take a boat for a cruise through the mangrove marshes to Kurusadai Island.
There is a possibility to convert this opportunity into a tourist attraction by providing small mechanized boats from Mandapam for both cruises as well as discovery of the coral reefs in neighbouring islands subject to non-pollution and destabilization of the fragile and precious marine ecosystem of this region.
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