What is "dhanushkodi"

Dhanushkodi or Danushkodi (, 'end of the bow') is a ghost town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the Tamil Nadu state of India.

Dhanushkodi is situated to the South-East of Pamban. Danushkodi is about West of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The Dhanushkodi railway line running from Pamban Station was destroyed in the 1964 cyclone and a passenger train with over 100 passengers drowned in the sea.

Dhanushkodi is an unreleased Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal and Girija Shettar in lead role. The film was made in the year 1989.