The revelations in the book are in contrast to what the government has been maintaining so far that the Sethu is formed by giant tombolos – bars of sand connecting an island with another island of the mainland.
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It also contradicts the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which says there is no ‘historic or scientific’ evidence of the existence of Lord Ram or Ram Sethu.
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The National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), of the Union Ministry of Space has published a book of satellite photographs [ISBN: 817525 6524] claiming that “archeological studies show” that the Setu may be “man made”. This book has been distributed to all MPs free by the Ministry of Space.
The Rama Sethu, which is under much focus, could be ‘man-made and has an echo in the ancient epic, the Ramayana’, concurs a government publication tabled in parliament last week.
‘The origin of the bridge is a mystery. Archaeological studies have revealed that the bridge dates back to the primitive age that is about 1,750,000 years.’
‘Its structure suggests that it may be man-made,’ it says on page 39 of the coffee table book under the sub-title ‘Stunning Structures’. ‘This 30 km long bridge, named as Adam’s bridge, is made of a chain of shoals and links Rameshwaram in the south India to Sri Lanka.’
It goes on to say: ‘This has an echo in the ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana. According to the epic, such a bridge was built by Lord Rama and his followers to reach Sri Lanka. Studies are still on but the bridge is seen as an example of ancient history.’
“This 30 km long bridge, named as Adam’s bridge, is made of a chain of shoals and links Rameswaram in the south India to Sri Lanka.”
It goes on to say: “This has an echo in the ancient Indian mythological epic, the Ramayana. According to the epic, such a bridge was built by Lord Rama and his followers to reach Sri Lanka. Studies are still on but the bridge is seen as an example of ancient history linked to the Indian mythology.”
The revelations in the book, with a foreword by the then Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair 2007, are in contrast to what the government has been maintaining so far that the Sethu is formed by giant tombolos – bars of sand connecting an island with another island of the mainland.
It also contradicts the findings of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which says there is no “historic or scientific” evidence of the existence of Lord Ram or Ram Sethu.
However, Hindu hardliners have protested construction of the canal arguing that it would damage the “ancient” bridge that they say was built by Lord Ram and his army of monkeys to save his wife Sita who had been kidnapped by demon king Ravana and taken to Lanka.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is excited over the NRSA findings.
“Finally, science has prevailed upon the politics of Congress. Now they have to accept the scientific evidence and should not enter in to vote bank politics. They must accept not only Lord Ram but also Ram Sethu,” a jubilant party spokesman Prakash Javadekar told IANS.
The canal issue and the ASI affidavit had put the former government and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress in a major embarrassment.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK patriarch Muthuvel Karunanidhi had questioned the existence of Lord Ram, which led to massive protests in many parts of the country with mobs resorting to arson and even attacking his house in Bangalore.