But every summer the area transforms into a surreal landscape as the waters in the catchment area recede to reveal stumps of trees long dead and broken mud and stone walls of the old village houses. This is when displaced villagers make their way to the site of their old homesteads for reasons of nostalgia - remembering the past. At one elevated region, the old Christian chapel stands defiantly with the cross atop. The old Portuguese era road runs through the barren desert-like land until it hits the waters.