Thondi

Thondi lies on the eastern coast of the Tamil country, facing the shallow waters between India and Sri Lanka. A port of this name in Pandya territory appears in early Tamil literature; it should be distinguished from the similarly named port on the western Malabar coast. Fishing and coastal navigation connected settlements along this shore with the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar, waters crossed for centuries by vessels travelling between the two coasts.