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The European Space Agency has released amazing pictures of Ram Setu, which connects Rameswaram in India to Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. The view of Ram Setu from the sky is something amazing and supernatural. Its pictures were taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.
This strait made of limestone connects India and Sri Lanka across the sea. Its length is 48 km from Rameswaram on the south-eastern coast of India to Mannar Island of Sri Lanka. The Gulf of Mannar is the gateway to the Southern Indian Ocean. Which separates it from the Palk Strait. In the north, it is considered the gateway to the Bay of Bengal. Ram Setu is associated with Hinduism and people's faith. It is said that when Ravana kidnapped Sita and took her to Lanka, Ram's monkey army built a bridge over the sea to bring Sita back and she reached Lanka through this route.
A different theory for the bridge
Different theories are debated about the formation of this bridge. Geologists believe that these are the remains of a limestone bridge that connected India and Sri Lanka in the past. ESI records show that this natural bridge was passable till the 15th century but it got destroyed due to storms in the past few years.
The sea is shallow in this area
According to the European Space Agency, Ram Setu had some dry sand rocks where there are a lot of waves in the sea. The sea here is only 1 to 10 meters deep. The color of the water is also clear. The water is clear so there is sand and stone as well as fish at the bottom. Mannar Island is spread over an area of 130 square km which connects Mannar Island to the mainland of Sri Lanka by road and railway bridges. Rameswaram Island, located on the Indian side of Adam's Bridge, also known as Pamban Bridge. The 2 km long Pamban Bridge connects the mainland of India. The two main cities of the island Pamban and Rameswaram are about 10 km from Pamban. Both ends of Adam's Bridge are protected national parks. Where sand dunes are used by birds as breeding grounds.