CHENNAI: Five days after Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the 143.5-km-long Madurai-Thoothukudi (via ...

For those who don't know, Dhanushkodi marks the meeting point of the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. Read this to know ...

The railway ministry clarified confusion following remarks by Minister Ashwani Kumar, refuting claims that Tamil Nadu opposed ...

On the evening of December 22, 1964, 14-year-old Purushothaman was playing with his friend Muniyasamy at his home at the railway quarters in Dhanushkodi. When he asked his friend to stay the night ...

By any yardstick, the December 1964 cyclone, known as the Rameswaram cyclone, can be called the worst that Tamil Nadu has seen as the event had wiped out Dhanushkodi, a vibrant coastal town.

"The storm, coupled with high tide, brought a 25ft tidal wave, engulfing Dhanushkodi, much of Rameswaram Island, and low-lying areas of the mainland," reports a 1965 paper by the Central Marine ...

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): To facilitate easy travel for devotees visiting Rameshwaram, the Central government has approved Rameshwaram-Dhanushkodi railway project. For this purpose, the government ...