On 6 April 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a newly built Pamban Bridge, reviving talk of reconnecting India and Sri Lanka by rail. With growing interest in heritage and regional connectivity. Before 1964, travelers journeyed from Madras (now Chennai) to Colombo, Sri Lanka, via the Indo-Ceylon Express, also known as the Boat Mail. Departing from Egmore Station, the train traversed the eastern coastal plains, crossed the Pamban Bridge into Rameswaram, and continued to Dhanushkodi, the last Indian station. From there, passengers sailed across the Palk Strait to Talaimannar, where they boarded a train to Colombo This seamless connection was disrupted in December 1964 when a devastating cyclone struck coastal Tamil Nadu. The storm destroyed the 50-year-old Pamban Rail Bridge—Pamban Island’s sole link to mainland India—and obliterated the railway line between Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi. Consequently, train services have since terminated at Rameswaram instead of extending to Dhanushkodi.  (Image Source : PTI)Dhanushkodi lies in ruins since the devastating cyclone of 1964 Sixty years later, on April 6, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly constructed …