Dhanushkodi
A town destroyed by a cyclone in 1964 and left as it fell, at the point where two seas meet and India stops.
- Where
- Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.1778, 79.4167
Get the Dhanushkodi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhanushkodi. 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
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park 7.6 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
Dhanushkodi Beach 7.6 km
The tip of Rameswaram island, where two seas meet, and where a town stood until the sea took it in 1964.
Pamban Island 15 km
The island Rameswaram stands on, reached over a sea bridge that opens for ships, and running out to the ghost town of Dhanushkodi.
Ramanathaswamy Temple 16 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.
New Pamban Bridge 26 km
India's first vertical lift sea bridge, its centre span rising to let ships pass beneath it.
Pamban Bridge 26 km
India's first sea bridge, opened in 1914, with a middle section that lifted to let ships through.
Delft Island 48 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.
Nagadeepa Purana Viharaya 62 km
An ancient Buddhist temple on Nainativu island, among the sixteen holiest Buddhist shrines in Sri Lanka. Tradition says the Buddha came here five years after his enlightenment to settle a dispute between two warring Naga kings.
More offbeat places in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Dhanushkodi?
Dhanushkodi is in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (7.6 km), Dhanushkodi Beach (7.6 km), Pamban Island (15 km).
How do I get the Dhanushkodi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhanushkodi 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 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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