One-day temple trip or round-trip taxi, roughly 170 km each way.
Rameswaram is about 170 km from Madurai โ roughly a 3.5 hour drive each way. Most travellers book a Madurai to Rameswaram Cab as a same-day round trip to visit Ramanathaswamy Temple and Pamban Bridge, or as a one-way drop if continuing on to Kanyakumari. Exact Madurai to Rameswaram Taxi Fare depends on vehicle and whether it's one-way or round trip โ WhatsApp your dates for a quote.
A sedan comfortably covers 2โ3 pilgrims for the day. Families often prefer the Innova Crysta for extra luggage and legroom on the highway stretch.
Driver bata and fuel are part of your quoted day rent; toll and any temple parking are billed separately at actual cost.