Ramanathapuram, April 6 -- After inaugurating India's first vertical lift sea bridge, New Pambam Rail Bridge in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday offered prayers at the Ramanthanswamy temple in the State.

PM Modi was also garlanded by the temple priest.

PM Modi is set to hold roadshows in Tamil Nadu city too.

The Ramanthanswamy Shiva temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga temples. The temple holds mythological significance as it is believed that Ram established and worshipped in the temple before he crossed the Ram Ram Setu bridge to go to Sri Lanka to rescue his wife from Ravan. The temple also has the longest corridor among Hindu temples in the country.

Governor R N Ravi had also visited the temple befo...