dhanushkodi

Dhanushkodi is a town on the tip of the island Rameswaram. It is most known for a cyclone passing over the railway station and drowning 100 passengers in the train that was traveling. In Hindu texts, Dhanush means bow, and kodi means end. Dhanushkodi was a small town only having a railway station, a hospital, some stores, and a few houses. In 1964 a cyclone wiped out the whole town and a memorial was later created to those who died in the storm.