Rameswaram TV Tower

The Rameswaram TV Tower is a free-standing tower that was built in 1995. Standing at 323 metres, it is the second tallest structure in India. The tower is used by Doordarshan for television broadcasting.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: Television broadcasting tower in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Rāmeswaram TV Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rameshwaram Ramanathaswamy Temple and Rameswaram railway station.

Hindu temple
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Ramanathaswamy Temple is a dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva located on Rameswaram island in the state of , India. It is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga temples. is situated 1 km southeast of Rameswaram TV Tower.

Station
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Rameswaram railway terminus is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the town of , located in of the Indian state of . is situated 1¼ km south of Rameswaram TV Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rameswaram.

Photo: Attumm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on Pamban Island, in state of . It's known for Ramanathaswamy Temple, a Hindu pilgrimage site with ornate corridors, huge sculpted pillars and sacred water tanks.

Rameswaram TV Tower

Latitude
9.29263° or 9° 17′ 33″ north
Longitude
79.30909° or 79° 18′ 33″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Inception
1995
Height
323 metres (1,060 feet)
Open location code
6JXX78V5+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 618571091
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Geo­Names ID
8030146
Wiki­data ID
Q187992
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Satellite Map

Discover Rameswaram TV Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“Rameswaram TV Tower” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “拉梅斯沃勒姆电视塔”
  • Chinese: “拉梅斯沃勒姆電視塔”
  • Chinese: “拉梅斯瓦拉姆電視塔”
  • German: “Fernsehturm Rameswaram”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל הטלוויזיה רמסוואראם”
  • Persian: “برج تلویزیونی رامسواران”
  • Spanish: “Torre de televisión de Rameswaram”
  • Tamil: “ராமேசுவரம் தொலைக்காட்சி கோபுரம்”
  • Tamil: “ராமேஸ்வரம் தொலைக்காட்சி கோபுரம்”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Meiyampuli and Natarajapuram.

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