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Gulf of Mannar: Adam's Bridge, Thoothukudi, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram

Gulf of Mannar: Adam's Bridge, Thoothukudi, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Adam's Bridge, Thoothukudi, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, Thoothukudi District, Gulf of Mannar, Malvathu River. Excerpt: Coordinates: 907 16 N 7931 18 E / 9.1210N 79.5217E / 9.1210; 79.5217 Adam's bridge as seen from the air Adam's Bridge (Tamil: th m p lam ), also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Tamil: R mar p lam, Sanskrit:, Malayalam:, r masetu ), is a chain of limestone shoals, between the islands of Rameswaram, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka . Geological evidence indicates that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The bridge is 18 miles (30 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only 3 ft to 30 ft (1 m to 10 m) deep in places, which hinders navigation. It was reportedly passable on foot up to the 15th century until storms deepened the channel: temple records seem to say that Rama s Bridge was complete above sea level until it broke in a cyclone in 1480 CE. Name The 13th century Venetian traveller Marco Polo 's travel map shows that he travelled around the Adam's bridge area. His travel book calls this area Setabund-Rameswara which means bridge constructed at Rameswaram. A 19th century painting depicting a scene from Ramayana, wherein Monkeys and Bears are shown building a bridge to Lanka The bridge was first mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana of Valmiki . The western world first encounters it in "historical works in the 9th century" by Ibn Khordadbeh in his Book of Roads and Kingdoms (ca. 850 CE), referring to it is Set Bandhai or "Bridge of the Sea." Later...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155357980
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 64
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155357981
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Adam's Bridge, Thoothukudi, Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram
  • Width: 229 mm


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