Dhanushkoti April 2008 (III)

Ruins and remains of the cyclone which rampaged Dhanushkoti in 1964.

An afternoon at Dhanushkoti beach

Returning from Dhanushkoti, we were joined by some fisher women who requested us to let them travel by our hired van, which we readily agreed. After all, we were mesmerized by their own Dhanushkoti!

Dhanushkoti April 2008 (II)

The ruins of a Dhanushkoti church which was destroyed by a cyclonic storm in 1964.

Stray dogs in deep relaxation under a parked van in a hot sunny afternoon.

A re-built Amman temple

Fisherwomen travel to Rameswaram to sell the day's catch.

Deserted beach of Dhanuskoti in an afternoon.

Dhanushkoti April 2008 (I)

Ram, local people swear, ground his dhanush (bow) in the sands after returning victorious from Lanka. And so the name Dhanushkoti.

A stone wall commemerating silver jubily of new era Dhanushkoti in 1950's which was washed away in 1964.
A Sanyasi distributing sweet water from a well.

Remains of the railway water tank

A church in ruins, a battered post office and remnants of a few buildings amid little sand dunes stand as grim reminder of the 1964 cyclone — or was it another tsunami? — that devastated Dhanushkoti, including its quaint rail link to Rameshwaram.