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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Pamban Island canonical 4
Rameswaram Island 4
Pamban 2

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 Bridge
surface form: Pamban railway 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
surface form: Rameswaram municipality
hasTown Pamban Island self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pamban

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
surface form: Rameswaram taluk
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

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

Rameswaram locatedIn Pamban Island
Rameswaram nearbyPlace Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Pamban
Ramanathapuram district containsIsland Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Rameswaram Island
Ramanathaswamy Temple locatedOn Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Rameswaram Island
Pamban Island hasTown Pamban Island self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pamban
Pamban Bridge connects Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Rameswaram Island
Pamban Bridge locatedNear Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Pamban town
Pamban Bridge namedAfter Pamban Island
Dhanushkodi Beach locatedOn Pamban Island
this entity surface form: Rameswaram Island
Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram locatedOn Pamban Island