该岛西端废弃的码头和饱经风霜的灯塔，曾经是跨越保克海峡通往印度的渡轮门户。

概述

在马纳尔岛最西端，塔莱马纳尔废弃的码头伸入浅海，曾经有船只将乘客运送到印度，棕榈树丛中一座孤独的灯塔守护着这里。破损的码头、空旷的海滩和拉梅斯瓦勒姆 (Rameswaram) 方向广阔的地平线，给这个地方带来了一种令人难以忘怀的、路尽头的氛围。这是一个安静的地方，可以观看日落，想象曾经穿过这个消失的十字路口的成群的朝圣者和移民。

历史

Talaimannar was the terminus of the boat train from Colombo and the port for the ferry to Dhanushkodi and Rameswaram in southern India, a busy link until the service was halted in 1984 during the civil war. The pier and its rail connection fell derelict in the conflict years; the railway has since been rebuilt to Talaimannar Pier, though the sea ferry to India has never resumed.