68: Ghost town of Dhanushkodi with SN Sudharsan

The Musafir Stories - India Travel Podcast

In this episode:
#Dhanushkodi #Tamilnadu #southindia #ghost #town #tragedy #deluge #cyclone #stories #ruins #novel #fishermen #history #srilanka #talaimannar #rameshwaram

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This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to Sudharsan SN, a polyglot and a linguist who runs a youtube channel called Indic Living (https://www.youtube.com/user/sudharsansn)
Today's destination: Dhanushkodi - the story of a ghost town!
Nearest Airport: Madurai, TN
Nearest Railway Station: Rameshwaram, TN
Prerequisites - n/a
Packing - light clothes, hat, sun screen and lots of water!
Time of the year: Oct - Feb is the best time to visit as the temperatures soar during summer
Length of the itinerary: 1 day
Itinerary Highlights:
- Sudharsan shares his experience visiting Dhanushkodi for the first time in 2002.
- He draws out the history of Dhanushkodi leading up to the Rameshwaram cyclone of 1964
- The lives of the fishermen before and after the cyclone
- The ruins of Dhanushkodi, the railway station, the temple, the church
- The inspiration for Sudharsan's book and the storyline
Links:
Follow Sudharsan on Twitter : https://twitter.com/sudharsansn
Time and a Cyclone Book : http://www.sudharsansn.com/cyclone/release.html
Link to Sudharsan's youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/sudharsansn
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