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	Dhanushkodi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dhanushkodi was a city at the southern tip of the Rameswaram island, at the eastern coast of the Tamil Nadu state of India.
		It was the closest point on the Indian coast to Sri Lanka, until it was washed away in 1964 in a devastating cyclone.
		A.P.J. Abdul Kalam the current President of India was born in Dhanushkodi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dhanushkodi (106 words)

	INDOlink - Discover India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dhanushkodi, at the eastern end of the island, is located 8 kms away from Rameswaram.
		This is the place where Rama is said to have bathed, and the boulders that pepper the sea between here and Srilanka, known as Adam's bridge, were the stepping stones used by Hanuman to find Rama's wife Sita, after she was abducted by Ravana, the King of Lanka.
		Dhanushkodi was completely washed away by the sea, in the 1964 cyclone.
	www.indolink.com /DiscoverIndia/TamilNadu/ramesh.html (505 words)

	Me myself and Srinath: Dhanushkodi - a town that 'was'.
		Me myself and Srinath: Dhanushkodi - a town that 'was'.
		Had been to this place called Dhanushkodi with a couple of friends ( Aravind and Jayakumar for those who know them).
		Dhanushkodi was worth taking all the pains to travel almost 14 hours in bus to reach the place.
	codingkorangu.blogspot.com /2004/09/dhanushkodi-town-that-was.html (300 words)

	LiveTamil Networks : Movie Reviews
		Dhanushkodi (Raghuvaran), holding District Collector Ramnathan (Vijaykumar) responsible for the death of his only son at the hands of a forest brigand and plans to retaliate by killing Ramnathan's son Santhosh.
		Dhanushkodi's goons keep trailing him each time, but are apparently helpless in learning his destination and the whereabouts of Santhosh.
		Dhanushkodi, as expected, makes many attempts to kill Murthy, and as expected, fails each time.
	www.livetamil.com /cinema/reviews/Stories/2001/10/18/10034233951.shtml (391 words)

	La Familia Brophy » Blog Archive » Dhanushkodi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I keep thinking about Dhanushkodi, a village Lisa and I visted 10 years ago on our trip around India, when I hear about the tidal wave that killed so many people yesterday.
		We’d read that Dhanushkodi had been a small town with regular train sevice until it was swept away by a cyclone in 1964.
		Here’s a news story on Dhanushkodi that points out how the cylcomne was almost exactly 40 years ago.
	www.benbrophy.com /archives/2004/12/dhanushkodi (591 words)

	The Hindu : Happy collaboration
		Dhanushkodi and Vishalam Ekambaram played him and her.
		Vasudev, Bhagirathi, Dhanushkodi and Vishalam were all part of a group of young friends and the main body of Madras Players, in what was perhaps its best years.
		Bhagirathi, Vishalam and Dhanushkodi were some of the finest actors we had seen.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/fr/2004/03/26/stories/2004032601550300.htm (657 words)

	Viewsunplugged.com \| Travel: In the middle of Nowhere - Dhanushkodi by S.N. Sudharsan
		But here in Dhanushkodi, because of the geography and the climate the Sun rose exactly 180 degrees from the shores of arichamunai.
		It was 22 miles long and connected Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar, Sri Lanka and I could very well brand it as the greatest engineering marvel, one could possibly imagine.
		It became noon and I moved on to one of the ruins, back at Dhanushkodi, which supposedly was the Railway retiring room canteen before 1964.
	www.viewsunplugged.com /VU/20030604/travel_dhanushkodi2.shtml (2052 words)

	Rameswaram Travel Guide, Rameswaram Tourism, Rameswaram Tour, Rameswaram Map, Rameswaram India, Rameswaram tourist ...
		It is believed that the boulders around the sea between Srilanka and this place known as Adamps bridge were used by Hanuman to reach across Srilanka.
		Dhanushkodi was completely destroyed by the cyclones of 1964 but Kothandaramaswamy temple remained intact.
		This temple at Dhanushkodi is associated with events and episodes of the Ramayana.
	www.tourtravelworld.com /city_guide/rameswaram.html (341 words)

	The Hindu : Plan to revive rail link to Dhanushkodi
		The rail link to Dhanushkodi, cut off during a cyclone in the 1960s, is to be revived soon following public demand.
		On an average, about 500 pilgrims visit Dhanushkodi daily and the number goes up by thousands during festival days, such as new and full moon days.
		The earlier line to Dhanushkodi was from the Mandapam station, just before the famous Pamban Bridge, and did not touch Rameswaram.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/08/25/stories/2003082506520100.htm (350 words)

	Dhanushkodi Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi India, Dhanushkodi tour, Dhanushkodi picture, Dhanushkodi tourist attraction, ...
		It is believed that the boulders around the sea between Srilanka and this place known as Adam's bridge were used by Hanuman to reach across Srilanka.
		A leisurely drive along the Dhanushkodi road is a pleasant experience.
		Rameswaram, a 61.8 square kilometers island in the Palk Straits is in the shape of a conch (one of the two objects in Lord Vishnu’s hands) with the main body of the island given over to the majestic Ramanathswamy temple and other smaller temples.
	www.tourtravelworld.com /hot_spots/rameswaram/dhanushkodi (319 words)

	::.Shanthi Cabs India.::
		Dhanushkodi was affected in a cyclone a few years ago.
		The temple of Sri Ramanatha, which has over the centuries grown into its present gigantic dimensions, stands on the eastern shore of an island, which is shaped like a conch, which Lord Vishnu bears in one of His hands.
		8-km from the temple, on the way to Dhanushkodi, there is a beautiful temple of Sri Kodandarama where, tradition says, Vibishana was crowned when he joined Sri Rama.
	www.shanthicabsindia.com /rameshwaram.html (1548 words)

	In rough waters
		The mood is grim among the fishermen of Rameswaram, Mukundarayapuram, Dhanushkodi, and Pamban in Ramanathapuram district and Thracepuram in Tuticorin district.
		If a substantial number of them firmly oppose the project today, it is because they fear that once the canal is a reality, it will become an unofficial boundary line on the sea between India and Sri Lanka.
		A few hundred fishermen's families at Dhanushkodi are worried that they would not only lose their livelihood but also be dispossessed of their houses.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2201/stories/20050114005902400.htm (2383 words)

	Nax Travels :: iNDIA City Breaks - Holidays in Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India - Travel Agent, Car Rentals, Air Tickets ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is a temple of high regard for the people of Ramnad District, situated at 8 kms from Rameswaram main temple on the way to Dhanushkodi.
		Kodandaramar Temple, on the way Dhanushkodi, is considered to be the place where Sri Rama performed the cornation for Vibhishana, Younger brother of Demon King, Ravana after he sought asylum.
		The southern tip of the island, Dhanushkodi was completely washed away by the 1964 cyclone.
	www.naxtravels.com /Rameswaram.asp (1129 words)

	IRFCA Photo Gallery :: Ranganath Eunny - Journey in the south (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I found them by chance just by the NH 49 as I was returning from land's end at Dhanushkodi.
		These were the rails that carried the Boat mail to Dhanushkodi, now buried under the sand by the floods of 1964.
		That is the old Dhanushkodi station before the land's end terminus.
	www.irfca.org /photos/Ranganath (841 words)

	Rameshwaram, Hindu pilgrimage, tour to rameshwaram, india travel packages, visit rameshwaram, travel to hindu ...
		Rameswaram, a 61.8 square kilometers island in the Palk Straits is shaped like a conch (one of the two objects in Lord Vishnu’s hands) with the main body of the island given over to the majestic Ramanathswamy temple and other smaller temples.
		Unfortunately, Dhanushkodi was washed away by a cyclone in 1964, but a temple, the Kothandaramaswamy, remained intact.
		Legend has it that it was here that Vibhishana, brother of Ravana, surrendered to Lord Ramayana apologized for the abduction of Sita.
	www.indiaprofile.com /pilgrimage/rameshwaram.htm (932 words)

	An essay about the tsunami affected Rameswaram in India by Girish Menon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On the train from Mumbai to Madurai I met this aged protestant priest, native to Tamil Nadu.
		At Dhanushkodi fishing is the only occupation of the people.
		It is almost certain that Dhanushkodi was badly affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004.
	www.gyrax.net /php/rameswaram.php (371 words)

	Just 18 km from Sri Lanka, but spared by tsunami
		Dhanushkodi is at the eastern end of Rameswaram island.
		Fishermen say that there is a place in the ocean near Dhanushkodi from where you can see the lights from both India and Sri Lanka at night.
		Water rose a little and then went back.
	in.rediff.com /news/2005/jan/03nadar1.htm (455 words)

	Three refugees swim Palk Straits to reach Dhanushkodi
		Three refugees swim Palk Straits to reach Dhanushkodi
		RAMESWARAM, JUNE 15: In a desperate move to inform about the stranded refugees at the Fourth Sand Dune, three Sri Lankan Tamils swam almost the entire stretch of eight kms long Palk Straits from there and reached Dhanushkodi near here early today.
		The refugees, Mahesh, Amulraja and Rajkumar, told the navalmen who found them swimming near Dhanushkodi that they had no other option to reach here as they were dropped by the boatmen at the Fourth Sand Dune, Coast Guard sources said.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000616/ina16002.html (192 words)

	XI LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session V (Monsoon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Pilgrims coming to Rameswaram from all over India have to bear much hardship to reach Dhanushkodi due to lack of proper road facility.
		The fish folks of Dhanushkodi area are suffering to transport their daily catches to the marketing centre and to fetch their daily needs from Rameshwaram and Ramanathapuram.
		I request Government of India to take immediate steps to form new road to Dhanushkodi.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls11/ses5/53070897.htm (166 words)

	1Up India > India > Tamilnadu > Rameshwaram > Sightseeing in Rameshwaram
		Buses from the local bus stand opposite the tourist office on East Car St will take you down there.
		They continue two km beyond the temple and then it's a four km walk to Dhanushkodi.
		There's little here now but a few ruined houses (which make good sun shelters) and a lovely bathing pool.
	www.1upindia.com /states/tamilnadu/rameshwaram/visitor-paradise.html (595 words)

	R A M A Y A N A
		It is said that Lord Rama bathed at Dhanushkodi, where the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meet.
		It is located about 8 km from the southernmost tip of the island going toward Dhanushkodi.
		This is the place where the bay meets the ocean.
	www.ramayana.com /holy_places.htm (1932 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : `Develop Dhanushkodi as tourist centre'
		AN appeal to the State Government to develop Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram as a tourist centre, where a new track is to be laid by the Railways, was made by the Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr A.K. Moorthy, here.
		The work will be taken up along with the ongoing gauge conversion works between Madurai and Manamadurai and Manamadurai and Rasmeswaram.
		Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2003/10/01/stories/2003100100811700.htm (381 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Joint Commissioner of Police Dhanushkodi Sivanandhan
		rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Joint Commissioner of Police Dhanushkodi Sivanandhan
		The Rediff Interview/ Joint Commissioner of Police Dhanushkodi Sivanandan
		During the arguments in court, Shah's lawyer said at one point of time, "Assuming that my client (Shah) spoke, he spoke as a mediator." Now it is up to the court to decide whether participating in a criminal activity is a crime or not.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/2001/feb/22inter.htm (1871 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Coast Guard rescues Lanka refugees dumped by Navy
		Coast Guard rescues Lanka refugees dumped by Navy
		Madurai: Six Sri Lankan Tamils, who were allegedly dumped by the Sri Lankan Navy at Irandamthittai off Dhanushkodi coast, were rescued by Indian Coast Guard and brought to the Mandapam coast, officials said.
		The officials said the refugees spent the whole night shivering due to adverse weather conditions and were brought to the shore on July 10.
	news.indiainfo.com /2002/07/11/11refugee.html (216 words)

	Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Sports Minister D Adithan faces a tough match
		Sports Minister D Adithan faces a tough match
		his is Dhanushkodi Adithan's constituency, he has has won this seat four times, and dethroning him will not be easy.
		He may not have done anything spectacular for this constituency, but he has done various small things like erecting bus stops and laying minor roads that have gone down well with the people.
	in.rediff.com /news/1998/feb/20tiru.htm (782 words)

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		Dhanushkodi is the place mentioned in Ramayana where Rama and Vanaras built the bridge to Lanka - SETHUBANDHANAM
		More interesting informations about Dhanushkodi are coming soon...
		NASA FOUND MAN MADE BRIDGE CONNECTING INDIA AND SRILANKA !!!
	www.pisharodysamajam.com /yuvachaithanyam/photo.htm (58 words)

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