Dhanushkodi Beach
The tip of Rameswaram island, where two seas meet, and where a town stood until the sea took it in 1964.
- Where
- Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.2151, 79.3585
Get the Dhanushkodi Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhanushkodi Beach. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dhanushkodi Beach
Pamban Island 7.5 km
The island Rameswaram stands on, reached over a sea bridge that opens for ships, and running out to the ghost town of Dhanushkodi.
Dhanushkodi 7.6 km
A town destroyed by a cyclone in 1964 and left as it fell, at the point where two seas meet and India stops.
Ramanathaswamy Temple 9.3 km
The longest corridor of any shrine in India at over a thousand metres, on an island joined to the mainland by a rail bridge.
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park 15 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
New Pamban Bridge 19 km
India's first vertical lift sea bridge, its centre span rising to let ships pass beneath it.
Pamban Bridge 19 km
India's first sea bridge, opened in 1914, with a middle section that lifted to let ships through.
Delft Island 49 km
A flat island in the Palk Strait off Jaffna, reached by ferry. Unlike its neighbours it carries a Dutch name on Admiralty charts, and it is known for its wild ponies, coral stone walls and an old baobab tree.
Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai 63 km
A mosque without domes or minarets, built by Tamil Muslim traders in the local temple idiom.
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Questions
Where is Dhanushkodi Beach?
Dhanushkodi Beach is in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pamban Island (7.5 km), Dhanushkodi (7.6 km), Ramanathaswamy Temple (9.3 km).
How do I get the Dhanushkodi Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhanushkodi Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dhanushkodi Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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