Pamban Island

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Pamban Island is a narrow island in the Gulf of Mannar off the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, known for its pilgrimage town of Rameswaram and its historic railway bridge connecting it to the mainland.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pamban Island canonical 9
Rameswaram Island 9
Pamban 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeDivision Ramanathapuram district ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
coast southeastern coast of India ⓘ
connectedBy Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge ⓘ
Pamban Bridge ⓘ
Pamban railway bridge ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Bridge
connectedTo Indian mainland ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasBridge Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge ⓘ
Pamban Bridge ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal ecosystem ⓘ
marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature coral reefs nearby ⓘ
sandy beaches ⓘ
shallow seas ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Ramanathaswamy Temple ⓘ
hasSettlement Rameswaram municipality ⓘ
linked to: Rameswaram
hasTown Pamban ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island

Rameswaram ⓘ
hasTransport railway line to Rameswaram ⓘ
road bridge to mainland ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of early sea bridge between mainland India and Rameswaram ⓘ
knownFor Pamban Bridge ⓘ
pilgrimage town of Rameswaram ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Palk Strait ⓘ
Ramanathapuram district ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Mannar ⓘ
near Mandapam ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
ocean Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Adam's Bridge region ⓘ
Rameswaram taluk ⓘ
linked to: Rameswaram
region South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousSignificance major Hindu pilgrimage destination ⓘ
separates Gulf of Mannar ⓘ
Palk Strait ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
tourism beach tourism ⓘ
marine tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rameswaram → locatedIn → Pamban Island ⓘ
Rameswaram → nearbyPlace → Pamban ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Ramanathapuram district → containsIsland → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Ramanathaswamy Temple → locatedOn → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pamban Island → hasTown → Pamban ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pamban Bridge → connects → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pamban Bridge → locatedNear → Pamban town ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pamban Bridge → namedAfter → Pamban Island ⓘ
Dhanushkodi Beach → locatedOn → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram → locatedOn → Pamban Island ⓘ
Palk Bay → hasNearbyFeature → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Adam's Bridge → near → Pamban Island ⓘ
Adam's Bridge → connects → Pamban Island ⓘ
Mannar Island → locatedNear → Rameswaram Island, India ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Adam's Bridge region → connects → Pamban Island ⓘ
Rameswaram–Mandapam rail line → serves → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Rameswaram–Mandapam rail line → connectsMainlandTo → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Rameswaram–Mandapam rail line → passesThrough → Pamban ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island
Pamban Bridge → connects → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Schneider and Co.
linked to: Pamban Island
1964 Rameswaram cyclone → hitRegion → Rameswaram Island ⓘ
linked to: Pamban Island