{"id":268322,"date":"2025-03-27T20:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/pm-modi-to-travel-to-rameswaram-from-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T20:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T20:40:51","slug":"pm-modi-to-travel-to-rameswaram-from-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/pm-modi-to-travel-to-rameswaram-from-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi to travel to Rameswaram from Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"PM Modi to travel to Rameswaram from Sri Lanka\" title=\"PM Modi to travel to Rameswaram from Sri Lanka\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"9\">New Delhi: With an aim to strengthen regional connectivity and cultural bond, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prime-minister-narendra-modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> will travel to <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rameswaram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rameswaram<\/a> in <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tamil-nadu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamil Nadu<\/a> from <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sri-lanka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sri Lanka<\/a> on April 6. The PM will offer prayers at the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy temple and also inaugurate the new <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pamban-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pamban Bridge<\/a>, it has been learnt.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/dynamic_link.cms?msid=107107653&subsecid=1715249553&pos=toppotime:1-->Pamban is India&#8217;s first vertical lift sea bridge. The new Pamban Bridge will replace the old 1914-built bridge, which was closed in 2022 due to corrosion issues.<\/p>\n<p>Connectivity between India and Sri Lanka has been expanding over the years. Ferry services between the two have been resumed &#8211; passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Kankesanthurai near Jaffna was relaunched in October 2023. An ambitious land bridge project across the Palk Strait between Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu and Talaimannar in Sri Lanka has also been proposed.<\/p>\n<p>Modi will be in Sri Lanka from April 4-6 during which he will be in Colombo and Anuradhapura. The latter has been Sri Lanka&#8217;s old capital. In the 3rd century BCE, during the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa, Emperor Ashoka sent his son Mahendra to Anuradhapura which became a major centre for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/theravada-buddhism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theravada Buddhism<\/a>, hosting philosophers like Buddhaghosa.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Modi will launch <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ntpc-sampur-solar-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NTPC Sampur Solar Project<\/a> in Trincomalee district of eastern Sri Lanka which is a joint venture between India&#8217;s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/national-thermal-power-corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Thermal Power Corporation<\/a> and Sri Lanka&#8217;s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ceylon-electricity-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceylon Electricity Board<\/a>. In Anuradhapura, Modi may launch a railway project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none;\" data-ga-impression=\"Events_widget_$pagename#Impression#url\" class=\"liveEventMain_widget custom_ad\">\n<div class=\"topContain\">\n<div class=\"imgBox\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"logoTitle\">Live Events<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/live_events_widget.cms?pagename=articlepotime:2--><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/pm-modi-to-travel-to-rameswaram-from-sri-lanka\/articleshow\/119610396.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: With an aim to strengthen regional connectivity and cultural bond, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka on April 6. The PM will offer prayers at the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy temple and also inaugurate the new Pamban Bridge, it has been learnt. 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