Underwater bridge to Sri Lanka. Rama Bridge, Adam's Bridge - from Rameshwaram, India to Sri Lanka. Arguments in favor of artificial origin

Hello friends. Traveling is always associated with a dream. When we were going to Sri Lanka, such a dream for us was the Rama Bridge, connecting Sri Lanka and India across the ocean. Europeans and Muslims call it Adam's bridge. In ancient times, it was possible not only to pass over the bridge, but also to transport an entire army. This is the bridge we dreamed of getting to. From this point, we built our entire route in Sri Lanka.

The Adams Bridge, the Indian name - Rama's bridge from space and from the plane is visible as a blue line - a shoal 50 km long, from one and a half to 4 kilometers wide, extending into the ocean. The depth of this bridge ranges from a meter to 10-12 meters.

Problem

On the economic side, the shoal in the ocean between India and Sri Lanka gives a lot of trouble: ships have to make a detour of 800 km, which is 30 hours of travel and wasted fuel.

It would seem that there is a simple solution - to dig a canal and establish profitable shipping. Such attempts were made in 1850, in 1955, and the last one at the beginning of the 2000s, but they met with a powerful protest from believers.

• Muslims

They call this place the bridge of Adam and believe that this bridge rose from the depths of the sea when Adam, expelled from paradise, passed here in search of Eve. The fact that Adam's earthly life began on the island of Sri Lanka is evidenced by the footprint of a huge foot on Mount Sripad. Muslims and Europeans call the mountain Adam's Peak.

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Interestingly, both names - Adam's Bridge and Adam's Peak officially appeared on world maps only in 1804. They were recorded by the first inspector of British India, James Rennel. He ignored the ancient names, settling on what is familiar and easy to pronounce for Christians.

• Hindus

Over the years, scientists have been able to discover amazing underwater structures. The origin of some of them cannot be explained only from the standpoint of traditional views on the prehistoric era. And archaeologists are increasingly discovering that the descriptions contained in the monuments of ancient literature are consistent with modern scientific discoveries, which can become proof of their unconditional authenticity.

In early 2003, NASA satellites captured an unusual image that caused a lot of controversy and discussion among scientists. The pictures showed an ancient and hitherto unknown bridge in the Strait of Polk, connecting India and Sri Lanka. The bridge was named Adamov. Its length is almost 50 kilometers, and, according to some sources, it was a man-made structure.

Let's explore this topic in more detail...

If you fly over the sea between India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), then at some point you can notice a strange shoal located literally at the very surface, which, slightly curving, connects the island and the continent. This sandbank is called by Muslims Adam's bridge and the Hindus Rama bridge.

Strange Shoal

The Muslim name is due to the fact that the followers of this religion believe that Adam, expelled from paradise, descended to earth in Ceylon. And on the continent, in India, he crossed this strange shoal, so much like a bridge.

Hindus even believe that this is really a man-made bridge, built in ancient times on the orders of Emperor Rama by an army of monkeys led by Hanuman. According to the Ramayana, Nala, the son of the legendary divine architect Vishvakarman, supervised the construction, and Rama's troops crossed over this bridge to Sri Lanka to fight its ruler, the demon Ravana, who kidnapped Rama's beloved Sita.

Hanuman is an ape-like deity revered in Hinduism. The protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana and its various versions

“... At the behest of Rama, the monkeys began to carry logs and stones for the bridge. Some carried logs, others carried stones, and still others worked as carpenters. On the first day fourteen leagues were built, on the fifth day the bridge was completed. It came out wide and strong. The monkey army crossed the ocean, Rama and Lakshmana were carried by Sugriva and Angada. Walking along the bridge, the monkeys jumped, soared into the air, and their cries drowned out the roar of the ocean ... ”(Myths of Buddhism and Hinduism, Ananda Kentish Kumaraswamy)

On the Arab medieval maps, it is marked as a real bridge rising above the water, along which anyone could cross from India to Ceylon. The situation changed in 1480, when, as a result of a strong earthquake and the strongest storm that followed, the bridge sank and was partially destroyed. However, the Portuguese and the British still marked it on the maps as an artificial structure, a dam or a bridge.

The length of the bridge is almost 50 kilometers, its width varies from about 1.5 to 4 kilometers, the depth of the seabed around the structure is 10-12 meters. Most of it is hidden by water, sometimes at a depth of more than a meter. So even now it is quite possible to walk along it from beginning to end, either wandering along the stone canvas knee-deep in water, or going deeper to the waist and more.

The only major obstacle is the so-called Pambas passage between Rameswar Island and Ramnad Point, which is accessible to small merchant ships. The few travelers who decide to make such a transition have to use all their swimming skills here. For those who are not strong in this, it is better not to walk on the bridge at all - a strong current through Pambas strives to demolish the daredevils into the open sea.

damn channel

Large ships are still forced to sail around Sri Lanka, which takes an extra 800 kilometers, which is 30 hours of travel. To solve this problem, back in 1850, the English commander Taylor proposed to draw a canal through the Rama bridge. In 1955, Jawaharlal Nehru wished to implement this plan. Since it is somehow unethical to destroy the sacred places of one's own people, the government of the country in the Supreme Court of India stated that there is no historical evidence of the construction of the bridge by Rama. Although the Ramayana is a holy book, it somehow does not count.

But real passions about the construction of the canal flared up already in the 21st century, when the Setusa Mudram corporation was formed for this. She even took up construction work at the site of the future canal, but for unknown reasons, part of the dredges was returned to the port due to breakages, including bucket teeth. An unexpected storm scattered the vessels involved in the construction and did not allow the work to continue. Hindu believers immediately declared that it was the monkey king Hanuman guarding his creation.

On March 27, 2007, just on Rama's birthday, a group of international public organizations launched the Save Ram Sethu campaign - Save Rama's Bridge. Since for the Hindus the Rama Bridge is a living proof of their ancient history, the construction that began touched the feelings of millions of believers. Campaign activists also said that the destruction of the bridge would destroy the entire local ecosystem. After all, to the northeast of the bridge is the stormy and dangerous Polk Strait with its storms and cyclones, and to the southwest is the calm Manara Bay with the purest emerald water.

The Rama Bridge separates them and softens the terrible consequences of cyclones and tsunamis. So, according to scientists, the tsunami that hit India in 2004 and claimed tens of thousands of lives was significantly weakened by the Rama Bridge. Without this ancient "dam", there could have been much more victims. The Save Ram Sethu proclamation was signed by thousands of people. The defenders of the bridge propose to accept an alternative project: to dig a canal through a large sandbank near the village of Mandapam. Whether they will be heard by the Indian government remains to be seen.

Facts show: the bridge is man-made

In many ways, we are already accustomed to the fact that behind legends and myths reality and long-turned pages of the past of our planet are often hidden. Nevertheless, the images that NASA released a few years ago surprised even the inhabitants of Sri Lanka and India.

On them, with all the clarity that modern photographic equipment gives, a real bridge between the continent and Ceylon is visible. After the publication of NASA images, the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times reported that the images obtained by American satellites were evidence of the reality of Indian legends, and that the events narrated by the Ramayana, including the construction of the Rama Bridge, really took place.

However, NASA chose to distance itself from any specific statements. Yes, satellite photos clearly show the amazing geomorphology of the area. But, NASA says, "Remote sensing images from orbit alone cannot provide specific information about the origin or age of the island chain, and cannot determine human involvement in the origin of the object."

The ridge is a cluster of boulders measuring 1.5 × 2.5 meters of regular shape, consisting of limestone, sand and coral. These boulders lie on the sea sand, which is 3 to 5 meters thick. And only under the sand begins solid stone soil. The presence of free sand below the boulders obviously indicates that the ridge is not a natural formation, but laid on top of sandy soil. Some of the boulders are so light that they can float on water.

It was also found that these land areas did not rise as a result of any geological processes and rather resemble a dam. A homogeneous material, limestone, was found in the wells. The rectilinear and orderly nature of the laying also testifies in favor of the fact that these boulders were brought by someone and laid in the dam.

It seems strange, of course, that the bridge has simply an exorbitant width for the crossing of troops, and anything else. But that's by today's standards. Alexander Volkov, director of the 2009 documentary Rama's Bridge, has this to say:

“Legends say that it was built by ape warriors who were gigantic in size. And we even tried to illustrate in the film that the height of these giants was - you won't believe it - 8 meters! But, looking at this bridge, you involuntarily begin to believe in it - there is no point in building such a width for you and me. But for people who are eight meters tall, and at the same time have some kind of weapons, there probably appears a logic in the width of this bridge.

In general, there are many questions, of course, many. One such issue is the age of the bridge. Based on the legends, some Hindu theologians say that the Rama bridge is a million years old, others give a more modest age - 20 thousand years. Western researchers-alternatives put forward a downright radical version - 17 million years. Even Indian academic science condescended to solving the problem and offered its own version - 3500 years, obviously linking construction with the Aryan conquest of India. However, with many ambiguities, it is obvious that the Rama Bridge is indeed an artificial, man-made structure. The studies conducted by GSI, I dare to believe, have convincingly proved this.

Rama Bridge on the ancient map of Ceylon from the Ptolemy atlas Photo: Wilfriedbluhm.de

In the area of ​​the Rama Bridge between the islands, there is an inexplicable and sharp rise in the bottom from a depth of 10–12 m to 1–0.5 m, so that you can walk along the bridge while being in the water noticeably waist-deep and swim in small boats (only the strait between the cape Ramnad and Rameswar Island, the so-called Pambas Pass, is accessible to small boats). The actual bridge, 30 km long, stretches from the island of Pamban (its other name is Rameshwaram - the place of Lord Rama) on the southwestern coast of Tamil Nadu in India to the island of Mannar off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka.

18 km southeast of Rameshwaram, on a long sandy spit, there once stood the city of Dhanushkodi, which in 1964 was completely destroyed by a cyclone. After the cyclone, only one temple of Kothandaraswami survived, near which some of Rama's enemies surrendered to him, and in the region of the spit at the bottom of the sea lies another unknown temple, about which no information has been preserved. From this place begins the Rama Bridge.

The debate over whether the bridge was natural or man-made flared up after the Indian government decided in 2001 to destroy the bridge and make the Strait of Polk navigable, saving 30 hours of sailing around the islands (approximately 400 km). In 1850, an Englishman, Commander Taylor, proposed to build a canal here, and in 1955 Jevaharlal Nehru wanted to implement this plan. But it is somehow unethical to destroy the sacred places of one’s own people, so the government of India in the Supreme Court of India stated that there is no historical evidence of the construction of the bridge by Rama (“Ramayana”, although a holy book, but, of course, does not count).

The monkeys build the Rama Bridge. Photo: deathtrack.ru

On March 27, 2007, a group of international public organizations launched the SaveRamSethu (Save Rama's Bridge) campaign to save Rama's Bridge (March 27 is Rama's birthday). For Hindus, the Rama Bridge is a living proof of their ancient history, and the construction that has begun has touched the feelings of millions of believers.

Opponents of the construction also claim that the destruction of the bridge will affect the entire local ecosystem. On the northeast side of the bridge is the stormy and dangerous Polksky Bay with storms and cyclones. On the southwestern side is the calm Manara Bay with the purest emerald water. The Rama Bridge separates these two different bays and softens the terrible consequences of cyclones and tsunamis: according to scientists, the tsunami that hit India and claimed tens of thousands of lives in 2004 was significantly weakened by the Rama Bridge, otherwise there would have been even more victims. The SaveRamSethu proclamation was signed by thousands of people.

The defenders of the Rama Bridge propose to accept another project for the canal route without damaging the ancient structure: to dig it along a large sandbar near the village of Mandapam. Whether they will be heard by the Indian government remains to be seen, but the Madras High Court ruled in 2007 that the Rama Bridge is a man-made structure.

Pictures taken by the NASA space agency a few years ago added fuel to the fire - they clearly show the real bridge, although NASA officials said the pictures do not provide specific information about the origin or age of the island chain. But the Indian newspaper HindustanTimes reported that NASA images are proof of the reality of Indian legends.

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) examined the entire structure of the Rama Bridge. In the area of ​​the bridge, 100 wells were drilled, soil samples from which were carefully studied. Magnetic and bathymetric scans were carried out. As a result of the research, it was revealed that a low underwater ridge (bridge) with a width of 1.6 to 4 km is an anomaly, since it suddenly arises from the side of the Bay of Bengal. The ridge is a cluster of regular-shaped boulders 1.5x2.5 m in size, consisting of limestone, sand and coral. These boulders lie on sea sand, the thickness of which is from 3 to 5 m., and only then does solid ground begin. The presence of free sand below the boulders obviously indicates that the ridge is not a natural formation, but laid on top of sandy soil. Some of the boulders are so light that they can float on water.

It was also found that these land areas did not rise as a result of any geological processes and rather resemble a dam. A homogeneous material, limestone, was found in the wells. The linear and orderly nature of the laying also suggests that these boulders were brought by someone and laid in a dam. The opinions of scientists, as usual, were divided both about the age and about the origin of the bridge. Well, reality often hides behind legends and myths, and Schliemann found Troy because, contrary to the opinion of scientists, he believed Homer!

Nevertheless, despite public protests, the Sethusamudram Corporation began construction work on the site of the future canal, but for unknown reasons, some dredgers were returned to the port due to breakage, and bucket teeth were also broken. An unexpected storm for this time scattered the ships and did not allow the work to continue. The believing Hindus immediately declared that it was the Monkey King Hanuman guarding his creation.

Rama's bridge (RamasetuSetu or Setubandha) is translated from Sanskrit as an artificial embankment, in ancient sources and in the Ramayana it is also referred to as Nala's bridge and as the Sacred dam, and in the Tamil version of the Ramayana, an entire chapter is devoted to the Sacred dam. The mention of the construction of the bridge of Rama is found not only in the Ramayana, but also in all the Puranas (Indian sacred books) and in the Mahabharata.

In the atlas of Schwarzberg (p. 38) on a map of India from the period 1290-1390 AD. e. Rama's bridge is referred to as Setubandha (Artificial Embankment), for many centuries it was well known to geographers and travelers, and even Marco Polo (1254-1324) described it in his book IL MILIONE (Million).

According to old maps, until 1480 the bridge was pedestrian and completely above the water, and people walked across it from India to Sri Lanka, which is confirmed by the ancient map of Ptolemy. The bridge was then destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami. After the earthquake, the bridge sank about 1–1.2 m under the water, and in one place a gap in the bridge formed, which now needs to be overcome by swimming. There is another name for the bridge, which was used by the British who captured India - Adam's bridge, this name was given to the bridge by Muslims. According to Arabic legends, when Adam was expelled from paradise, God settled him on the island of Ceylon, and then Adam crossed to the mainland along these shallows.

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Since ancient times, India has been connected to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) by a mysterious shoal, which both Muslims and Hindus consider a man-made bridge. Relatively recently, Indian geologists have established that this is actually an artificial structure unique in length - 50 km! - and colossal in terms of the amount of work carried out.

According to legend, the bridge was built by monkeys from Hanuman's army, and they were real giants up to 8 meters tall, such giants were able to create such an incredible bridge.

Mysterious Shoal

The mysterious shoal that connects India with Sri Lanka (Ceylon) can be easily distinguished from an airplane, it was also recorded on satellite images. For Muslims, this shoal is known as Adam's Bridge, and for Hindus - Rama's Bridge. It is curious that on the Arab medieval maps this shoal is indicated as a real bridge located above the water level, along which at that time anyone, whether a woman or a child, could cross from India to Ceylon. It is amazing that the length of this bridge is about 50 km, with a width of 1.5 to 4 km.

In good condition, this bridge lasted until 1480, when a strong earthquake and the tsunami that arose after it damaged it quite badly. The bridge sank heavily and was destroyed in places. Now most of this colossal bridge is hidden under water, but you can still walk on it. True, between the island of Rameswar and Cape Ramnad there is a small passage of Pambas, small merchant ships move along it, so you have to cross it. However, those who decide on such a risky venture should take into account that there is a rather strong current that can carry the extreme into the open sea.

According to Hindus, the bridge is actually man-made; in ancient times, on the orders of Emperor Rama, it was built by an army of monkeys led by Hanuman, this is mentioned in the holy book "Ramayana". There are references to the construction of the bridge in both the Puranas (Indian holy books) and the Mahabharata. This bridge forces ships to go around Sri Lanka, and this is a significant loss in time (up to 30 hours) and in fuel. That is why more than once there have been proposals to dig a canal through the bridge of Rama. However, the canal was never built in the 20th century.

The canal was taken seriously already in the 21st century; a special corporation was formed for its construction.

This is where the mystical events began. As soon as the corporation began work, the dredgers began to fail one after another. Their bucket teeth broke, motors burned, cables burst. The “defeat” of the corporation was completed by a sudden storm, which, like grains of sand, scattered the ships involved in the construction and finally interrupted the work. Devout Hindus had no doubt that the disruption of the canal was due to unnatural causes; in their opinion, it was the monkey king Hanuman who did not allow his creation to be destroyed.

Since 2007, India has run a Save the Rama Bridge Campaign* Campaigners protect the Rama Bridge not only as an ancient historical monument, they believe that it is very important for the preservation of the local ecosystem. It is said that the Rama Bridge to some extent even reduced the effects of the 2004 tsunami and saved many lives. Of course, the most important question is: is this bridge an artificial structure? With a positive answer, other questions arise: who built it and when?

The sensational discovery of Indian geologists

Amazingly, there is every reason to say that the Rama Bridge is indeed an artificial structure. The depth around it is 10-12 meters, with a very significant width, let me remind you - from 1.5 to 4 km; it is even difficult to imagine what a colossal amount of building material was moved during such a titanic work! A few years ago, space images of the Rama Bridge made by NASA were published, they clearly show the real bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India. However, NASA experts do not believe that these images can shed light on the origin of this amazing formation.

Much more convincing evidence of the man-made origin of the Rama Bridge was obtained by specialists from the Geological Survey of India 6SI.

Indian geologists conducted a large-scale study of both the Rama bridge and the rocks underlying it. To do this, in the bridge itself and next to it, they drilled 100 wells and conducted geophysical surveys. It was possible to establish that the bridge does not represent any natural elevation of bedrock, as one might assume, it is a clear anomaly of an artificial nature. According to the study, the bridge was formed by an embankment of boulders 1.5 × 2.5 meters in size, and of a fairly regular shape.

The main evidence of the man-made bridge is the fact that the mound of boulders rests on a powerful layer of sea sand with a thickness of three to five meters! According to drilling, bedrock begins only under this sandy layer. It turns out that someone in time immemorial laid a huge amount of limestone boulders on top of the sand, the artificial nature of the Rama bridge is also indicated by the orderly laying of this material. Geologists also found that no processes of seabed uplift occurred in the area occupied by the bridge. The conclusion of Indian geologists: Rama's bridge is undoubtedly an artificial structure!

The bridge was built by giants?

When was it built and by whom? According to the legends, the bridge was built a million years ago, and some Western researchers give it even 17 million years. There are less impressive assumptions - 20 thousand years and 3500 years. The last figure, in my opinion, is unlikely, because it implies that the bridge was built by people just like you and me. Why did they have to spend time and energy on the width of the bridge from 1.5 to 4 km?

Clearly, they would be limited to a maximum width of 200 meters. This means that the bridge was not built by ordinary people, so it is most likely older than 3.5 thousand years.

According to legend, the bridge was built by monkeys from Hanuman's army, and they were real giants up to 8 meters tall, such giants were able to create such an incredible bridge. By the way, the bridge was built in order to transport Rama's army to Sri Lanka to fight with its ruler, the demon Ravana, who kidnapped Sita, Rama's beloved. Perhaps the width of the bridge was increased for military purposes in order to immediately provide a massive attack on the enemy. After all, it has long been known that an enemy moving along a narrow bridge, gorge or passage is much easier to hold even with insignificant forces.

However, if you believe in the hypothesis that Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was once part of the mainland of Lemuria, then this mysterious bridge could be built by the Lemurians, who were also of gigantic growth. In any case, not all the secrets of the Rama Bridge can be considered revealed yet.

At the end of the earth, at the southern tip of the Hindustan peninsula, there is a unique phenomenon - Rama Bridge. Its other name is Adam's bridge.
This is a chain of shallows in the ocean that stretches from India to Sri Lanka.
Where do you think Adam and Eve went when they were expelled from paradise? And, in general, where was this paradise? This is not counting the most important question - why were they, in fact, expelled?

Rama's Bridge or Adam's Bridge?

Personally, the concept that no one expelled Adam and Eve from anywhere is closest to me, that having eaten the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, they began to live by reason instead of intuition, switched to the chatter of the mind and reason, therefore, ceased to dwell in God, ceased to communicate directly with Him. The connection with God was turned off - thus they lost Paradise, which, as we know, is an internal component, not an external one.
But this is my personal interpretation. The legend claims that the biblical paradise was located in Sri Lanka, and Adam was expelled from paradise precisely along these shallows, which is why they are called Adam's bridge. Another legend does not say anything about exactly where paradise was, but assures that when Adam was expelled from there, he first came to Sri Lanka, and then moved to the mainland along the Adam's bridge.
The Ramayana tells in detail that this bridge was built by the legendary ancient Indian king Rama (the incarnation of the god Vishnu) with the help of an army of monkeys led by Hanuman, the king of monkeys, in order to free the wife of the god Rama, Sita, who was kidnapped by the evil demon Ravana (the ruler of Sri Lanka).
Thus, this chain of shallows has two names: Adam's Bridge (as the British called it) and Rama's Bridge (as the locals call it). Since the locals are closer to me than the British, then for me he is - Rama Bridge. 🙂
According to ancient maps, the bridge was pedestrian until the end of the 15th century, then it was destroyed by an earthquake.
At present, these shoals in some places act as small islands, in some places they are hidden under water by 1.0 - 1.25 m. It turns out that you can walk from India to Sri Lanka! 40 km waist-deep in water, but theoretically - you can!
Here he is, Rama Bridge. A picture from space. On the left is the southern tip of the Hindustan peninsula, on the right is Sri Lanka.

About the idea of ​​a shipping canal between India and Sri Lanka

Between India and Sri Lanka is the Strait of Polk. The Rama Bridge blocks it, and ships sailing along the coast of India have to go around Sri Lanka.
From the middle of the 19th century, talk began that the Strait of Polk should be made navigable by destroying the Rama Bridge and breaking the canal between India and Sri Lanka. For a long time, this idea remained a theory, until in 2001 the Indian government began to implement it - in order to open the way between the Bay of Manara and the Bay of Bengal.

But it was not there! The channel has not yet been dug. This unique chain of shallows was not allowed to be destroyed by the Indian people and the forces of nature.
Hindus are very sensitive to their shrines. Rama's bridge since the time of the Ramayana is considered an artificially built sacred object and proof of ancient legends.
To protect it, geologists were invited, who determined that the age of the rocks from which this object is composed corresponds to the time described in the Ramayana. In addition, a strange anomaly was discovered. It turned out that this Bridge is a chain of huge stones of the correct shape, lying in an orderly manner not on solid ground, but on sand 3-5 meters thick. Also, geologists have established that in this place there was no uplift of the earth's crust. These facts speak in favor of the version about the artificial nature of the object.
In addition, this chain of shallows in 2004 softened the destructive power of the tsunami. If not for her, there could have been much more victims, scientists say.
Despite this, the construction of the navigable canal still began. And then Nature intervened - a storm broke out in the Polk Strait, and work had to be stopped. Moreover, storms in this area are not typical for this time of year, as the newspapers wrote.
So the Rama Bridge remained intact.
And here's what I think. As you know, thought is material. If millions of Hindus simultaneously oppose the destruction of this object, because they believe that it was built by the god Rama, then something must have interfered - either a storm, or something else ...

Danushkodi spit (Rameshwaram spit)

... From the side of India, the Danushkodi spit (Rameshvaramskaya spit) leads to the Rama Bridge. On the island is the sacred Hindu city of Rameshwaram, and on the spit itself is the fishing village of Danushkodi.

The red circle marks the fishing village on the spit.
We were very eager for this braid. We are me and Hope. This is the same Nadyushka from the distant city of Vladimir, with whom I discovered my very first India several years ago, and with whom we then made our unforgettable kayak trip along the Volga. This time our interests coincided again, only now instead of the Volga - South India, instead of a kayak - a Kerala boat, local buses, an elephant, a car loaded with fish, and everything else.
Well, the goal is still the same - complete and final enlightenment! 🙂

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An underwater bridge 50 km long was discovered on satellite photographs along the bottom of the Polk Strait near Sri Lanka. This happened in 2003. On the ancient geographical maps of Ptolemy, such a structure was plotted, connecting the mainland with the island. Today, this bridge passes under water at depths of up to 12 meters. The alternation of coral reefs and shoals is visually similar to a long road up to 4 km wide in places. The Indians called the building "Rama's bridge". On the geographical maps of the Middle Ages, it is clearly marked. The bridge was mentioned in the manuscripts of Marco Polo, who reached China at one time. If we analyze the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, then it speaks of the construction of the “Nala bridge”.

There are legends of ancient India that have come down to our time. Oral tales tell of giant (up to 8 meters tall) monkeys who built the bridge within five days. Stones and logs were taken as material for construction. Having organized themselves into an army, the monkeys moved from the mainland to the island of Ceylon. Their leaders (Rama and Lakshmana) were dragged on their shoulders. Hanuman commanded all the animals. The very monkey-like deity with a “broken jaw”, the hero of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and the avatar of Shiva, born from the god of the wind, could fly, and possessed incredible strength.

A bridge-like man-made structure stretches to the island of Rameswar and breaks off there. Further, at Cape Ramnad, an underwater firmament reappears. There is a strong current in the strait, but there is a passage for ships with a small displacement. Large ships go around Sri Lanka, making an 800 km arc. An attempt to make a shipping channel for large ships was not successful. A sudden storm prevented, the equipment began to fail. Superstitious Indians said that it was Hanuman, the monkey king, who got angry. The two bays could not be connected by a shipping channel. In one of them (Polk) hurricanes often rage, and in the second (Manar) the water is emerald green and calm most of the months of the year.

The age of the "Rama's bridge" is disputed among scholars. It is determined from tens of thousands to millions of years. The structure of the structure has been studied in detail. The bridge is made of limestone boulders measuring one and a half by two and a half meters. Under the boulders there is a sand mound 3 to 5 meters thick in different places, lying on a stone base. The width of the bridge of several kilometers was definitely needed by giant creatures for crossings. If indeed there were once giant monkeys, then the construction of the bridge by them is not in doubt. Today, the ancient Indian shrine is still intact, otherwise it is also called "Adam's Bridge". A string of shoals, similar to a solid crossing, is clearly visible from outer space in the form of a slightly curved line. It can also be seen from aircraft. A ferry crossing runs along it, along which railway cars and trains are transported.