About 2160 km in a straight line from Delhi to Rameshwaram in Rameswaram. That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Rameswaram, a flight into Madurai, or the road.
The number is about 2160 km, measured on the globe between Delhi and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.
This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Delhito Rameshwaram is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.
The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Rameswaram, about 1.4 km from the temple town. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.
The nearest airport is Madurai, about 180 km away. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.
Island, longest temple corridor. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.
Rail. Trains run onto the island again over the new Pamban bridge, opened in April 2025. Rameswaram station is about 1.4 km from the temple by road, with daily trains to Madurai and long-distance trains on set days.
Air. Madurai is the nearest airport, about 180 km from the temple by road over the Pamban bridge, roughly three hours, on Google Maps.
Road. Buses run from the major cities of Tamil Nadu to Rameswaram over the Pamban road bridge. Ramanathapuram, the district town, is about 56 km back on the mainland.
Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.
The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.
| City | Latitude | Longitude | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 28.6 | 77.2 | The estimate above |
| Mumbai | 19.1 | 72.9 | Mumbai page |
| Ahmedabad | 23.0 | 72.6 | Ahmedabad page |
| Kolkata | 22.6 | 88.4 | Kolkata page |
| Chennai | 13.1 | 80.3 | Chennai page |
| Bengaluru | 13.0 | 77.6 | Bengaluru page |
| Hyderabad | 17.4 | 78.5 | Hyderabad page |
| Lucknow | 26.8 | 81.0 | Lucknow page |
| Patna | 25.6 | 85.1 | Patna page |
| Pune | 18.5 | 73.9 | Pune page |
| Nagpur | 21.1 | 79.1 | Nagpur page |
| Jaipur | 26.9 | 75.8 | Jaipur page |
The temple end uses the temple's map point in this site's data.
Oct to Mar is the comfortable window, and Open all year. The 22 wells inside the corridor are part of the visit. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.