DHANUSHKODI, a seaport of Madras, India. on the island of Rameswaran, at the junction of Palk straits and the Gulf of Manar. The port was brought into being in 1913, when the new direct route of the South Indian railway to Ceylon was opened. The line is carried by an embankment and a bridge to Dhanush kodi, whence steamers run to Talai Manar (22 miles). Coffee, fish, rice, rubber, tea and cotton goods are exported, but no great influx of trade followed the foundation of the port. The popu lation consists largely of railway employees.