Adam's Bridge
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Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama Setu, is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Islan
From the air, looking west
Pearl fishing in the Gulf of Mannar, c. 1926
A 20th-century painting depicting a scene from Ramayana, wherein vanaras are shown building a bridge to Lanka.
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project is a proposed project to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka. This would provide a continuously navigable sea route around t
Adam's Bridge
…instead of cutting Adam's Bridge because of the several advantages of land passage. In 2005, the government of India approved a multi-million dollar Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project. This project aims to create a ship channel across the Palk Strait by dredging the shallow ocean floor near Dhanushkodi. The channel is expected to cut…
Minister Nitin Gadkari inspecting the Sethusamudram project site by Hovercraft