Dhanushkodi
Dhanushkodi is an interesting ghost town in Tamil Nadu, at the southern tip of Pamban Island. This strip of land is about 1 km wide and 18 km long on the eastern end of Pamban Island.Photo: Bhamdham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dhanushkodi railway station.
Dhanushkodi railway station
Ruins
Photo: Shajinss, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone. It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction–Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction–Dhanushkodi Branch line.
Dhanushkodi
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: abandoned town in Tamil Nadu, India
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu South Coast, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.1846° or 9° 11′ 5″ northLongitude
79.4148° or 79° 24′ 53″ eastElevation
-8 metres (-26 feet)Open location code
6JXX5CM7+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 849508004OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Dhanushkodi” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Dhanushkodi”
- Bengali: “ধনুষ্কোড়ি”
- Chinese: “達那斯科迪”
- Czech: “Dhánuškódí”
- Danish: “Dhanushkodi”
- Dutch: “Dhanushkodi”
- French: “Dhanushkodi”
- German: “Danushkodi”
- German: “Dhanushkodi”
- Hindi: “धनुषकोटि”
- Hindi: “धनुषकोडी”
- Japanese: “ダヌシュコディ”
- Kannada: “ಧನುಷ್ಕೋಡಿ”
- Malayalam: “Dhanush kodi”
- Malayalam: “Dhanushkodi”
- Malayalam: “ധനുഷ് കോടി”
- Malayalam: “ധനുഷ്കോടി”
- Oriya: “ଧନୁଷକୋଟି”
- Oriya: “ଧନୁଷ୍କୋଟି”
- Oriya: “ଧନୁଷ୍କୋଡ଼ି”
- Panjabi: “ਧਨੁਸ਼ਕੋਡੀ”
- Portuguese: “Dhanushkodi”
- Spanish: “Dhanushkodi”
- Swedish: “Dhanushkodi”
- Tamil: “தனக்கோடி”
- Tamil: “தனுஷ்கோடி”
- Telugu: “ధనుష్కోటి”
- Telugu: “ధనుష్కోడి”
- Thai: “ตนุษโกฏิ”
- Urdu: “دھنوش کوڈی”
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