Rameswaram, Dhanushkodi.... the dead end of India and a new beginning

Once I reached bus stop, I was clueless about my hotel, somehow my GPS was also not working.

One auto driver came to me and asked "Kaha Jana?" I told him about my hotel. He took 50 Rs from me and dropped me at my hotel. Later I realized, public transport buses goes from bus stop to railway station quite frequently and I could have boarded that as my hotel was very near to the railway station.

I asked someone about the whole thing. He was a very receptive person, he told that these fisherman are pulling the net, It takes normally 1-1.5 hours to pull the net. The smaller boats that you see catches the fish on a daily basis. Whatever fishes they catch , its sold on the sameday , they get around Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 and then the whole amount gets divided among all the fishermen. That's how they make their living and the large green boats that you see, catch the fishes for 2-3 days while in the ocean. They have big freezers inside the boats to store the fishes. They sell the fishes for Rs 1 L to Rs 1.5 L , once they are out. I just stood for some more time listening to the chorus and my way to take a dip.

I didn't actually take a dip , just sprinkled some water on myself and moved my way to the temple. I took the ticket for the 22 wells shower. I reached inside the temple, big one, chaotic, everyone is running. I couldn't even a single word but definitely saw some arrows for Teerth wells one by one. The beauty of these wells are they are very near to ocean but the water inside is not salty and every well's water tastes different. There was brief note about each well written in the temple. In that madhouse, running after all the wells , one thing was different. The trust in the eyes of people cannot be explained, they were collecting the water from wells in small bottles. After passing through all the wells, I felt I actually have come out of all my sins. The journey of dipping in water right from Agnee Teertham till here changed something in me, some outlook. I am not a firm believer but I do respect mythology. I sat for a while looking at the architecture of the temple. Don't forget to see the paintings upside on the walls. After that, it was time for darshan of jyotirling. After the darshan, I had lunch (Sambhar Rice), quite delicious. Came back to hotel and slept.

Came back and slept as I had plans to see the sunrise. Alarm, 4:30, yawned! Woke up! Got ready, checked with the hotel people about the safety of walking towards the temple. I got a green signal, it was still dark but I decided to walk, without looking back. I did it. Reached there by 5:30, waiting for sunrise. Sat in a corner, listened to the chirping of birds, the sound of ocean, howling but still soothing,people taking dips. It was 6:10, no sunrise. Actually, my bad luck, there were clouds, so I couldn't see sunrise.

It was time for Dhanushkodi. I asked people about the bus, it starts right from Bay of Bengal , the #3 bus goes to Dhanushkodi. Bus arrived at 7 o clock and I boarded the bus. There were only few co passengers like may be 10. The bus started, the roads became quite spooky, my heart started pounding faster when the bus moved to secluded area leaving the town behind. I looked at my phone. No Network. Scary right! Yes, it was. When you know , you are all alone, no one can understand, going to secluded place, mobile also networking but one thing was beautiful, the path , the roads the scenic beauty. More it left the crazy town, more it was charming and spectacular. We reached Dhanushkodi bus stop. Beyond that point, there are separate Maxi cabs which take you to the beach and the ghost town. I joined a group and sat into a cab. I was just trying to calm myself, although I was really scared, I didn't let it show up on my face.