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Dhanushkodi Island, India's ghost town

New Delhi: Dhanushkodi was a small island at the southern tip of Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. Hindu scriptures says that at the request of Vibeeshana, brother of Ravan and ally of Ram, Rama broke the

PTI Published : Mar 01, 2013 19:27 IST, Updated : Mar 02, 2013 6:46 IST


Before the cyclone, Dhanushkodi was a popular tourist spot and a pilgrimage town.



There were hotels, shops, dharamshalas serving pilgrims, railway station, higher secondary school, post office, customs and port offices.

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