ABOUT

Dhanuskodi lies in the southern tip of the Rameswaram. The word Dhanushkodi literally means “ tip of the bow”. This spectacular place is bordered by bay of Bengal sea on one side and Indian ocean on the other, at the very tip of Dhanushkodi one can view the merging point of the seas Indian ocean (A sea with high tides) and bay of Bengal (the low tide sea), this point is named as “Arichal munai”. Dhanushkodi is a crowded as a busy city before the 1964 storm , on 1964 december 22, a heavy storm washes away the entire dhanushkodi and shatters it into pieces. Dhanushkodi is now with the population of around 500 (few fishermen and their families still residing there).with its shattered remnants (Remnants of old Church,Railway station,passport office can be seen here). Previously there is no road service to the dhanushkodi (devastated city and arichal munai point).The roads were end at the place called as mukuntharayar chatram, after this place there was only sandy region. Buses ,or private vehicles such as cars,autos can’t travel in this sandy sea shore region ,there was only the jeeps and van service helps us to travel along the sand