Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island and is about 24 kilometres west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath. It is also called the southernmost end of India. Dhanushkodi, Pamban Island, TN, INDIA Sri Lanka is visible from this southernmost tip or the last land of India. Dhanushkodi is situated between India and Sri Lanka, Which is the only terrestrial border between the two countries that exists on the sand dune in the Palk Strait, which is only 50 yards in length. For this reason, this place is considered as one of the shortest town in the world and popularly known as the ghost town of India.
Pachisi, Chausar, Chopad or popularly known as Ludo is an ancient Indian game, which per some historians Mughal Emperor Akbar was addicted to and used to play with real people instead of plastic buttons or plastic statue miniatures, the game has now become a strategy game and are taught at business schools. On August 29, 1891, Alfred Collier had applied for a patent in England, claiming that a board game, which he named Royal Ludo, was his invention. Since then the game became popular worldwide by the name we know today. Later on, the British Royal Navy converted it into a board game called ‘Uckers’. According to some historians this board game of Ludo or pachisi originates in India as far back as 3300 BC. The exact origins of this legendary game though seems uncertain, but some earliest proofs of this game comes from the historic Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, where the board game was depicted in the form illustrations on the wall. This seems to suggest that Ludo was an Indian creation.