Following a high-level diplomatic visit to Sri Lanka and attending the BIMSTEC summit in Thailand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend Ram Navami in Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Modi will inaugurate the Pamban Rail Bridge, which will connect the mainland to Rameswaram, and lay the foundation stone and inaugurate development projects worth Rs 8,300 in Tamil Nadu.
On a day of religious significance — Ram Navami celebrates the birth of Lord Ram — PM Modi will visit the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram on Pamban Island.
“Tomorrow, 6th April, on the very auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, I look forward to being among my sisters and brothers of Tamil Nadu. The new Pamban Rail Bridge will be inaugurated. I will pray at the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple,” PM Modi wrote on X.
“Development works worth over Rs. 8300 crore will also be inaugurated or their foundation stones would be laid,” he added.
Tomorrow, 6th April, on the very auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, I look forward to being among my sisters and brothers of Tamil Nadu. The new Pamban Rail Bridge will be inaugurated. I will pray at the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple. Development works worth over Rs. 8300…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 5, 2025
Tamil Nadu, which saw protests against delimitation and the Centre’s three-language policy, is scheduled to hold its elections next year. The state had also hosted a meeting of Opposition states, chiefly from South India, with the demand for a 25-year freeze on delimitation exercise put forward.
A press release on Saturday stated that the PM will inaugurate the Pamban bridge and flag off the new Rameswaram-Tambaram (Chennai) train service at 12 noon. The bridge will be the country’s first vertical lift railway bridge and will replace the century-old Pamban Bridge whose operations were suspended in December 2022.
Built at a cost of over Rs 700 crore, the bridge is over 2.08 km long and connects the Indian mainland to Rameswaram town located in Padma Island. Owing to stainless steel reinforcements and Polysiloxane Paint, the bridge is expected the have a lifespan of up to 58 years.
Following the inauguration of the bridge, he will visit the Sri Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram, between India and Sri Lanka.
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At around 1.30 pm, he will lay the foundation stone of four-laning project of the 28-kilometer-long Walajapet – Ranipet section of NH-40.
He will also inaugurate several rail and road projects in Tamil Nadu, including the 4-laned 29-kilometer-long Viluppuram – Puducherry section of NH-332; 57-kilometer-long Poondiyankuppam – Sattanathapuram section of NH-32 and 48-kilometer-long Cholapuram – Thanjavur section of NH-36.
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