page_title: Ramanathapuram district
section_title: Tourist attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Ramanathapuram district / Tourist attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Rameshwaram in a bright and beautiful day and with a view of the land and coast side; Shot taken from the bridge.
context_page_description: Ramanathapuram District is one of the 38 districts an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The town of Ramanathapuram is the district headquarters. Ramanthapuram District has an area of 4123 km². It is bounded on the north by Sivaganga District, on the northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by Thoothukudi District, and on the northwest by Virudhunagar District. The district contains the Pamban Bridge, an east-west chain of low islands and shallow reefs that extend between India and the island nation of Sri Lanka, and separate the Palk Strait from the Gulf of Mannar. The Palk Strait is navigable only by shallow-draft vessels. As of 2011, Ramanathapuram district had a population of 1,353,445 with a sex-ratio of 983 females for every 1,000 males.
context_section_description: Ramanathapuram (Palace - This palace was built during the reign of Kizhavan Sethupathi (1674-1710 CE) the most popular among the Sethupathi kings.)
  Rameswaram (sangumaan beach)
  Thangachimadam Grave of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, near Peikarumbu
  Dhanushkodi
  Pamban Bridge (Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge)
  Kundhukal - Vivekananda Memorial
  R S madai (Sea World Aquarium)
  Naagachi (Naagachi Amman Temple)
  Kamuthi(Pasumpon Dever Memorial)
  Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
  Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary
  Alagankulam Bird Sanctuary
  Melselvanur-Keelselvanur Bird Sanctuary
caption: Fishing boats seen from Pamban Bridge
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