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Ram Setu
Context
As PM Modi inaugurated Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu, attention also turns to the nearby Ram Setu.
About
- Ram Setu, also known as the Adams Bridge, is a chain of shoals linking India and Sri Lanka.
- It connects Rameswaram to the Mannar island of Sri Lanka
- The bridge is a 48 km long chain of natural limestone shoals.
- It separates the Gulf of Mannar (south), an inlet of the Indian Ocean, from the Palk Strait (north), an inlet of the Bay of Bengal.
- The structure is a natural formation and that the bridge is a large tombolo, which is a coastal formation of sandbars that connects an island across the sea to the mainland.
- Ram Sethu was completely above sea level till 1480. It was submerged in the shallow sea due to natural calamities.
- Mythology:Ram Setu is mentioned in the epic Ramayana, as the bridge constructed by Lord Rama and his vanara (monkey) army.
- The bridge was constructed to cross over to Lanka to rescue Goddess Sita from the clutches of the demon king Ravana.
- In Valmiki’s Ramayana, the bridge is described as Sethubanthan.
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