12 interesting scientific and Dharmic facts to know about Ram Setu
1. The studies of Oceanography suggests that the bridge is 7000 years old !!
1. The studies of Oceanography suggests that the bridge is 7000 years old !!
2. The carbon dating of beaches near Dhanushkodi & Mannar Island sync with the date of Ramayan
3. The bridge was passable on foot up to the 15th century until storms deepened the channel. Some records suggest that Ram Setu was completely above sea level till 1480 when it was broken by a cyclone.
4. The bridge is 50 km long and separates the Gulf of Mannar from the Palk Strait.
5. Ram Setu is also named Adam's Bridge, Nala Setu, and Setu Banda.
6. Ram Setu is taken as an archaeological and historical evidence of Ramayana.
7. The bridge was first mentioned in Valmiki's Ramayana
8. When Bhagwan Shri Ram reached the end of Bharat bhoomi he prayed to Samudra dev for a solution to cross to Lanka
9. Samudra dev mentioned that two vanars aka Nal and Neel from his sena have a boon where if they throw a stone into water the stones would never sink.
10. Upon hearing this, the entire sena started writing Prabhu Ramβs name on heavy stones while Nal and Neel threw them into the water to create a bridge
11. NASA images and prescence of floating stones in the area are compelling pointers to the historical existence of Ram Setu bridge
12. At this beautiful place one could gaze upon the chain of reefs, sandbanks and the islets that almost connect Sri Lanka with Bharat.
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Jai Shri Ram!
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Jai Shri Ram!
Via : @Ankita_Bnsl
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