Post offices without walls and a railway station without a platform evoke feelings of eeriness even in broad daylight.

A long barren stretch of sand, not a soul in sight, a few dilapidated buildings, a small temple and two mammoth blue expanses of endless oceans, the quiescent Bay of Bengal and the belligerent Indian Ocean on either side make up this uninhabited town of Dhanushkodi.

Churches without rooftops, post offices without walls and a railway station without a platform evoke feelings of eeriness even in broad daylight.