Ghost town of India. what ? yes , you read it right .Dhanushkodi is one of the Top tourist destination in tamilandu,Last year july we managed for a long road trip to Dhanushkodi. I would say it is one of the most alluring place i have ever seen, The white sand complimenting the blue sky which smiles brightly on a Copper sulphate blue sea . The sea along the both sides of the never ending road , made me to lost in the beauty of nature, and I have reached the end of the earth as well.
LOCATION
Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is south-east of Pamban and is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.
The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameshwaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath and named as Haunted Town of Tamilnadu. where the choppy Indian ocean and calmer bay Bengal meets and greets in a single place
THINGS TO DO IN DHANUSHKODI
While the stone remnants of dhanushkodi are the main attraction, the best thing to do is simply soak and lost your soul in the enchanting atmosphere for couple of hours. As you wander you can see various houses in the both sides of the road in a destructed manner. Well preserved one are churches, Railway Station, Post office. Railway tracks also buried under a sand.
The only inhabitants are local fishermans. They live a unpleasent life in a thatched huts, with no electricity or running water . There is only one small hotel for a quick cravings of seafoods.
After you finished exploring Dhanushkodi , continue all the way along the road to Arichal Munai ( Erosion Point ). It is a magical scene where the bay of bengal and indian joins its hands . The solitary pillar of ASHOKA , the national emblem of india Stands at the endpoint where you can look out across Adam’s bridge.
Don’t be suprised if you got a message in your cellphone saying WELCOME TO SRI LANKA if your settings allow raoming! and There is a temple for Ram in Dhaushkodi notably which is the only building survived in a monster cyclone that destroyed a town.
I have heard that you can see some migrating flamingos standings in a shallow water, depending on the time you visit . The birds are usually there between january and march.