The Ruins of Dhanushkodi

The district of Dhanushkodi on the southern most tip of India was hit by a Tsunami in 1967. This bustling colonial port town was devastated and thousands of people died. Most of the buildings were destroyed.

Today most of the district is under sea or sand. The population in this sensative boarder district is just a few hundred, mostly Sri Lankan Tamil refugees. Most of them subsist on fishing.

There is an old colonial church built in 1920 and rows of houses built for customs officials in the ruins