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Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...
It stretches for about 137 km (85 mi) and is 64 to 137 km (40 to 85 mi) wide. Several rivers including the Vaigai flow into the strait. [1] The strait consists of many islands and is interspersed with a chain of low islands and reef shoals that are collectively called Ram Setu or Adam's bridge. [2]
The name Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Sanskrit; setu: bridge) refers to the bridge built by the Vanara (ape men) army of Rama in Hindu mythology, which he used to reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. [31] The Ramayana attributes the building of this bridge to Rama in verse 2–22–76, naming it as Setubandhanam. [32]
Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama Setu or Ram Setu, a chain of natural limestone shoals between India and Sri Lanka, perhaps formerly constituting a land bridge Rama Setu (Ramayana), a bridge built by Rama as described in the Ramayana, identified with Adam's Bridge; Sethubandhanam, another term for the above
The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 10,500 km 2 (4,100 sq mi) of ocean, 21 islands and the adjoining coastline. The islets and coastal buffer zone include beaches , estuaries , and tropical dry broadleaf forests , while the marine environments include seaweed communities, sea grass communities, coral reefs , salt marshes and ...
Amazon Prime Video is making its first foray into Indian feature movie co-production with Bollywood film “Ram Setu,” starring Akshay Kumar. Directed by Abhishek Sharma (“Parmanu”) with Dr ...
Adam's Bridge with Mannar Island in the foreground. An Integrated Strategic Environmental Assessment of Northern Province produced by the government with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Environment Programme and published in October 2014 recommended that a national park with an area of 18,990 ha (46,925 acres) be created on the Sri Lankan section of ...
On a family vacation, we booked an excursion to go parasailing. We were all so excited to try it, but on the boat, I started to feel nauseated.