Adams Bridge Ram Sethu

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Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of natural limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.

The feature is 48 km (30 mi) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). Some of the regions are dry, and the sea in the area rarely exceeds 1 metre (3 ft) in depth, thus hindering navigation. It was reportedly passable on foot until the 15th century when storms deepened the channel. Ramanathaswamy Temple records say that Adam's Bridge was entirely above sea level until it broke in a cyclone in 1480.

Historical mentions and etymology

The ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Ramayana (7th century BCE to 3rd century CE) written by Valmiki mentions a bridge constructed by god Rama through his Vanara (ape-men) army to reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the Rakshasa king, Ravana. The location of the Lanka of the Ramayana has been widely interpreted as being present-day Sri Lanka making this stretch of land Nala's or Rama's bridge. Analysis of several of the older Ramayana versions by scholars for evidence of historicity have led to the identification of Lankapura no further south than the Godavari River. These are based on geographical, botanical, and folkloristic evidences as no archaeological evidence has been found. Scholars differ on the possible geography of the Ramayana but several suggestions since the work of H.D. Sankalia locate the Lanka of the epic somewhere in the eastern part of present-day Madhya Pradesh.

The western world first encountered it in Ibn Khordadbeh's Book of Roads and Kingdoms (c.?850), in which he refers to it as Set Bandhai or Bridge of the Sea. Some early Islamic sources refer to a mountain in Sri Lanka as Adam's Peak (where the biblical Adam supposedly fell to earth). The sources describe Adam as crossing from Sri Lanka to India via the bridge after his expulsion from the Garden of Eden, leading to the name of Adam's Bridge. Alberuni (c.?1030) was probably the first to describe it in such a manner. A British cartographer in 1804 prepared the earliest map that calls this area by the name Adam's bridge.

Location

The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India's Pamban Island. It ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island. Pamban Island is accessed from the Indian mainland by the 2-km-long Pamban Bridge. Mannar Island is connected to mainland Sri Lanka by a causeway.

Origin legends

Indian culture and religion include legends that the structure is of supernatural origin. According to the Hindu epic, Ramayana, Ravana, the demon king of Lanka (Sri Lanka) kidnapped Rama's wife Sita and took her to Lankapura, doing this for revenge against Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of Ravana's sister, Shurpanakha. Shurpanakha had

Mannar-distriktet

Mannar er hovedstaden i Mannar-distriktet i Sri Lanka. Mannar-distriktet ligger i det nordvestlige Sri Lanka og er et af de fem administrative distrikter i Nordprovinsen. Distriktet dækker et areal på 2.002 km², hvilket svarer til cirka 3 % af Sri Lankas samlede landareal.

Geografisk ligger størstedelen af Mannar på fastlandet i den tørre og halvtørre klimazone. Klimaet er præget af høje temperaturer og lav nedbør. De månedlige temperaturer varierer mellem 26,5 °C og 30,0 °C, med de højeste temperaturer normalt registreret mellem maj og august. Omkring 60 % af den årlige nedbør falder under den nordøstlige monsun, som varer fra oktober til december.

Området er forholdsvis fladt og ligger i lav højde over havet. Mod det indre bliver terrænet let bølgende, hvilket fremmer opsamling af regnvand i vandreservoirer (tanke), som leverer størstedelen af vandingen til distriktets dyrkbare jord. De vigtigste økonomiske aktiviteter i Mannar er landbrug (hovedsageligt risdyrkning), fiskeri og husdyrhold. Beskæftigelsesmulighederne er i høj grad sæsonbetonede, og der findes ingen institutioner for videregående uddannelse i distriktet.

Nordprovinsen

Nordprovinsen er en af Sri Lankas ni provinser. Provinserne har eksisteret siden det 19. århundrede, men fik først juridisk status i 1987, da det 13. forfatningstillæg til Sri Lankas forfatning fra 1978 etablerede provinsråd. Mellem 1988 og 2006 blev provinsen midlertidigt slået sammen med Østprovinsen og dannede Nordøstprovinsen. Provinsens hovedstad er Jaffna.

Nordprovinsen ligger i den nordlige del af Sri Lanka og er kun 22 miles (35 km) fra Indien. Provinsen er omgivet af Mannarbugten og Palk-bugten mod vest, Palk-strædet mod nord, Den Bengalske Bugt mod øst og provinserne Øst-, Nordcentral- og Nordvestprovinsen mod syd.

Provinsen har flere laguner, hvoraf de største er Jaffna-lagunen, Nanthi Kadal, Chundikkulam-lagunen, Vadamarachchi-lagunen, Uppu Aru-lagunen, Kokkilai-lagunen, Nai Aru-lagunen og Chalai-lagunen. De fleste af øerne omkring Sri Lanka findes vest for Nordprovinsen. De største øer er Kayts, Neduntivu, Karaitivu, Pungudutivu og Mandativu.

Nordprovinsens befolkning var 1.311.776 i 2007. Størstedelen af befolkningen er srilankanske tamiler, med et mindretal af srilankanske muslimer (moorer) og singalesere. Srilankansk tamil er det hovedsprog, der tales af langt størstedelen af befolkningen. Singalesisk tales af omkring 1 % af befolkningen. Engelsk tales og forstås bredt i byerne.

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