Dhanushkodi
Sign in to saveDhanushkodi 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 west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath. Although devoid of inhabitants, Dhanushkodi remains a tourist attraction due to its historical and mythological relevance.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dhanushkodi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former settlement
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- Final Dhanush 002.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Dhanushkodi
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- Aerial view of the locality top end in its former state (now disturbed by an artificial extension of NH 87)
- Settlement.nickname
- Ram Setu
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- India Tamil Nadu#India
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- bottom
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- Map showing location of Dhanushkodi within Tamil Nadu
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- Location within Tamil Nadu
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ramanathapuram
- Settlement.extinct_title
- Destroyed
- Settlement.extinct_date
- 1964
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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. It is south-east of Pamban and is about west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath. Although devoid of inhabitants, Dhanushkodi remains a tourist attraction due to its historical and mythological relevance.
==Geography== Dhanushkodi is on the tip of Pamban island, separated from the Indian mainland by the Palk Strait.