The Rama's Bridge (Adam's Bridge)
The Rama's Bridge (Adam's Bridge)
Epic Ramayana, according to Hindu calendar should be on the Tredha Yuga (according to the evolution of disc Hindu / Hinduism on the Epic disc is divided on the Sathya (1,728,000 years), Tredha (1,296,000 years), Dwapara (8.64.000 years)and time (4.32.000 years).The present stage according to their calendar is Kali.according to Epic, the age of Rama's Bridge range from 1.7 million years (Sathya).
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Many of the inscriptions, coins, old wanderer guide, reference the old, ancient religious map indicates this structure is considered sacred by Hindus.Mysterious ancient bridge along 18 miles (30 km) which connects between Manand Island (Sri Lanka) and Pamban Island (India) is estimated has aged one million years.
Adam's Bridge (pictured), a chain of limestone shoals between Mannar in northwestern Sri Lanka and Rameswaram off the southeastern coast of India.
Adam's Bridge, a name given to it by an East India Company official, is known in India as Ram Sethu or Rama's bridge. Hindus believe their god Rama built a bridge in the area, with the help of an army of monkeys, to cross over to Sri Lanka. For those wondering why it was imperative for the Hindu god to cross over, it was to rescue his wife from a Lankan king.
The bridge, named "Vanara Sena" or the NASA called it Adam's Bridge reap a wide range of estimates related to age and history of the bridge.Hindus believe Adam's Bridge is closely related to the Ramayana epic in which the mentioned bridge built by Rama and his allies, the ape-man, who helped the Gods to help Rama to reach Sri Lanka to rescue his wife, Shinta, the giant king, Ravana.While Sri Lanka Archaeology Department said Adam Bridges ages ranging from 1 to 2 million years.While archaeologists and geologists as well as the Team's Center for Remote Sensing, which examined the bridge concluded that Adam's Bridge is only a natural phenomenon that was only about 3,500 years ago.Even so, the NASA issued a commentary to the contrary.That there is no strong evidence that Adam's Bridge made by humans but merely a natural group of islands forming a chain.Even Nasa has said that by using Remote Sensing and imaging from space does not provide information about the originality and age of the bridge.It added there was no evidence of human presence in the vicinity (subcontinent) India more than 350,000 years ago.
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The 48-km-long feature connects the Gulf of Mannar to Palk Strait. The Encyclopedia Britannica says it was once the world's largest tombolo? a sandbar connecting an island to another island or the mainland ? but it was destroyed several thousand years ago by a slight rise in sea level. Today, all that remains is a chain of sandbanks that severely hinders navigation.
Right now, ships trying to move between India's west and east coasts have to go around Sri Lanka. To save time, India decided to build a shipping canal between the countries.
Adam's Bridge (pictured), a chain of limestone shoals between Mannar in northwestern Sri Lanka and Rameswaram off the southeastern coast of India.
Adam's Bridge, a name given to it by an East India Company official, is known in India as Ram Sethu or Rama's bridge. Hindus believe their god Rama built a bridge in the area, with the help of an army of monkeys, to cross over to Sri Lanka. For those wondering why it was imperative for the Hindu god to cross over, it was to rescue his wife from a Lankan king.
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