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Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. [1] It is south-east of Pamban and is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka .
Dhanushkodi Beach lies on the tip of the Rameswaram island. [1] In this beach, the Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar Sea of Indian Ocean merge which is known as Arichal Munai in Tamil. [2] Before 1964, Dhanushkodi was a busy, crowded city. The Dhanushkodi Beach attracted thousands of tourists each day.
Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...
Remains of a church in Dhanushkodi in 2007. The effects of the cyclone were felt mostly in Pamban Island, which lies between the Indian mainland and Ceylon. [9] More than 3000 people, many of them tourists and pilgrims, were stranded on the island. The total damage to property was estimated at $150 million. [9]
Dhanushkodi, on Pamban Island, was a flourishing tourist town until it was wiped out by the 1964 Dhanushkodi cyclone. Fatehpur Sikri was briefly the capital of the Mughal Empire, but was abandoned soon after its completion, and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mandu is a fortress town in Madhya Pradesh, dating back at least as far as 555 AD.
Dhanushkodi is the southernmost tip of the island and houses the Kothandaramaswamy Temple dedicated to Rama. [76] Though Dhanushkodi was washed away during the 1964 cyclone, the temple alone remained intact. It is 18 km (11 mi) way from the centre of the town and can be reached by road.
The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean.It lies 1 to 10 km away from the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India for 160 km between Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi.
Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction– Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction–Dhanushkodi Branch line .