Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Mystery of Ram Setu (Rama's Bridge) a.k.a Adam's bridge

Since our childhood we've heard the stories of "RAMAYAN" , the famous battle between Lord Rama and Ravana at the island of Lanka now known as Sri Lanka.
The Main and biggest hurdle for Rama and his army was to cross the Indian Ocean which was standing tall between India and Lanka, which he realised only after reaching at the tip of India, where no furhter land could be seen, the only thing visible was blue sky and the Blue Ocean.


To cross the ocean looked impossible so, Rama thought of praying to the god of ocean to let him and his army be able to walk over the ocean's water without drowning, to which the god of ocean denied but he gave another way to cross the ocean and this resulted in the making of the Bridge which is known as "Ram Setu" or Rama's Bridge.

The idea was, the god of Ocean asked rama to use the stones to make the bridge but not just stone, these stones should have the name "Ram" written/scripted on it, only then those will be able to float over the water of ocean.


Hisotry V/s Science

East Indian company was getting settled in "Bharat" and started looting the resources and wealth of the country. They did not leave anything - Jewels, diamonds, grains, woods, sandal, muslin cloths, cotton, milk products and what ever they thought important was taken. Their mode of transport was ships. When ever the ship crossed the space between
India and Srilanka, the ship will collapse or broke and sink. It happened for thrice. It becomes a mystery for the East Indian company people.
A set of tribal people who lived in that part of the country believed that Brit people earned the angry of " Kadal Kanni" ( Glamorous-cum-powerful angel of sea) and she was demolishing the ships. As no one was able to find the reason, Brit decided to travel around Srilakna and not between
India and Srilanka. Mystery continued till the arrival of an energetic British executive ' Adam. Adam did not believe on Kadal Kanni. He called few swimmers, few techies from England with required equipments, traveled to the mystery spot and examined the spot with a question in the mind, "What is the issue for traveling?" Adam was astonished to know that there was bridge in the ocean which goes towards Srilanka. Hence forth it is named as " Adam's Bridge".