Tuesday 26 December 2017

Ram setu

In this topic i am talking about the Ram setu which was built millions of years ago but still now we can see the existence of  this bridge. 
The name Rama's Bridge  refers to the bridge built by the Vanara (ape men) army of Rama in Hindu theology with instructions from Nala.with the help of this bridge he used to reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the Rakshasa king, Ravana.The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India's Pamban Island and ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island.
According to epic Ramayana,this bridge was built more than 1.75 million years ago to assist lord Rama in crossing the indian Ocean to reach sri lanka .Nala(the architecturer) on his part initiated a monumental bridge in the middle of the ocean. Some monkeys were holding poles for measuring the bridge and some others collected the material. Reeds and logs resembling clouds and mountains, brought by hundreds of monkeys, lead by the command of Rama, fastened some parts of the bridge. On the first day, fourteen Yojanas of bridge were constructed by the monkeys speedily. In the same manner, on the second day twenty Yojanas of bridge were constructed.
The bridge is 50 km  long and separates the Gulf of Mannar  from the Palk Strait 

this  bridge made  of floating stones can still  be seen between India  and sri lanka  from Rameshwaram,the place where Lord Rama prayed to Lord Shiva and started the construction  of the bridge .

The bridge was first mentioned in the ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Ramayana of Valmiki.

The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India's Pamban Island and ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island.

Ram Setu is also called as Adam's Bridge, Nala Setu and Setu Banda. Ram Setu as it was built by Rama and his army. It is said Nala Setu because it was Nala who was the architect (designed) the bridge in Ramayana.


The name Adam's Bridge comes from some ancient Islamic texts referring to the Adam's Peak in Sri Lanka (Adam is suppose to fallen in this part of earth).
this picture is captured by NASA.

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