Pamban Island

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Pamban Island (Pāmpaṉ tīvu) is an island located off the southeast coast of mainland India. It is separated from the island of Sri Lanka by the Palk strait, and has the Palk Bay in the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Gulf of Mannar in the Laccadive Sea to the west. It forms part of the Rameswaram taluk in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the largest island in Tamil Nadu by area and the principal town in the island is the pilgrimage centre of Rameswaram. It is connected to the Indian mainland by the Pamban Bridge.

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