One day Trip to RAMESHWARAM
As my journey started from Chennai Egmore railway station 5:30pm nearly a 11hour travel to Rameshwaram. The train reaches there by 4:45am Sethu Express, by 4:15 the train will be on Pamban Bridge, don't forget to see it. Open the train doors hang on tightly and view the ocean roaring and the smell of the oceanπ The train will be moving slowly.. not sure what's the reason behind that.
| Pamban bridge |
After reaching the Rameshwaram station outside there are autos and buses and vans. But I had other ideasπ had tea and started to walk with an help of the Google maps at 5am in the morning walking alone in an place I've never been there in MY FIRST SOLO TRIP after 10-15mins walk reached Agni Tirtham (The beach east of Ramanathaswamy Temple is known by this name. This Tirtham is one of the most visited Tirthams of Rameswaram for a holy bath)
Opposite to the temple itself there's an beach .. as it was early morning I wanted to see the Sunrise in thereπ and the sun started to rise the everything started to become bright the view was extra ordinary π
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| Before Sunrise |
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| After Sunrise |
Went to take bath in the holy water but our fellow humans polluted it a lot π while walking into the sea under the water there are lot of clothes and lot of wastes are thrown in the water. After this entered the Temple it costs 25 for 22 holy wells .. sure, worth it .. probably it will take about an hour to get wet in all the 22 holy wells .. and I don't know how this happens, the temple is opposite it to the sea but the water doesn't have any sign of salty in the well.
Note : The person who is in charge of pouring the holy water on us are so rude to everyone, they even talk bad words. They respect only for the people who paid for the VIP tickets π
Then went for an boat ride near the beach itself costs 60 per head. It worth every penny they take an ride for about 30-40mins. The water is so clear, cause our fellow humans can't get their hands on it.
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| Bay of Bengal : Boat View |
By now it'll be afternoon get some rest and come backπ Dr.APJ ABDUL KALAM ancestors home is 500 metres away from the Rameshwaram railway station unfortunately it's under construction.
And Our Ex-Persident down to Earth person KALAM sir house is 1.5km from the station and it is called as HOUSE OF KALAM there we can see lot the things and awards and many inspirational quotes.
On the way I started to feel little bit lonely as this was my first solo trip .. I was using Google maps to return to the station one guy's stopped me asked can I use your map? I said yes. We talked and came to know that he's from Belgium he traveled Solo from there to here π to know about all the Indian Culture. He traveled to many places in India than I didπ And he gave me an little boost to go forward, for my travel experience every minute we have to enjoy.
Returned back to the station and took the train and returned back to Chennai. An unforgettable experience πππ
Note : I traveled in very minimal budget .. I didn't took any room .. In afternoon to escape from Sun I stayed in Railway stations waiting hall .. there's an plug point for chargers and separate bathroom and toilet and it was clean too.
To store the bags I used locker rooms in near the temple it costs only 50.
The total amount I spent there was 400 only not including train fares.
Aware of : I didn't faced any threats or scams in Rameshwaram the local was friendly they helped on every situations.
Eg : when you use map in middle there's no network the local itself gave ride on bike to my destination.





