Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Did Rama build the Rama Sethu?

I don’t understand why this has to be a controversial question. There is a very simple test prove that it was Rama’s army who built . If you believe that Rama (the God, 7th incarnation of Vishnu – not just some great ordinary human being who lived a long time ago) existed; the same Rama who killed the rakshasa in the form of a golden deer, the same Rama whose bhakt Hanuman jumped from Sri Lanka to Himalayas and transported a mountain back, then there is a very simple proof. When they were building the bridge, the stones kept sinking (naturally!). But if you wrote ‘Rama’ on the stone, then they wouldn’t sink. So here's the proof. Take a rock, write ‘Rama’ on it and drop in the sea. It won’t sink. Concrete proof. No more controversy.

Arguments based on damage to the local ecosystem, displacement of the local fishermen are understandable and should be debated. But something that can be settled in a minute by throwing a rock in the sea is beyond debate. I don’t understand why Rama’s devotees are not taking this approach.

For those interested to know more about the project, visit the official site at http://www.sethusamudram.gov.in/

Building a shipping channel in the Palk straits has been talked about for the past 147 years.

From http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/ltBgtWhat-is-Adams-Bridge-or-Ram-Sethult-bgt/219109/

What the project envisages is a continuous navigational channel from the east coast to the west coast of India, which the nation currently lacks. Presently ships coming from the east coast of India to the west coast have to navigate around Sri Lanka and thus have to go an additional 424 nautical miles or 780 kilometres, which takes an additional 30 hours.

With the opening of the proposed channel, this distance and time will be lessened not just for the ships coming in from the west coast of India but also for trade ships coming in from other western countries. For any country looking to emerge as an economic superpower, the importance of faster and cheaper trade routes cannot be denied. While studying this project six routes were examined, here it is important to know that the areas near the coast is rich in marine life like coral ridges etc. and any path cutting through this area would mean a tragic loss of ecosystems. The other path suggested by the opposition parties goes through this area and could also result in loss of livelihood of many small fisherme, whose primary source of income would be affected. So the only viable option left is to dredge through the shallow area known as Adam’s Bridge or to Indians as the Ram Sethu.

3 comments:

Saurav said...

I think the reason why "existence of Rama" is so important is the concept of "righteousness".
One should not tie this to the mere concept of physical presence of Rama.

The irony is that the issue is raised out of proportion by "some section" of people who want publicity and/or power.


I would like to quote the lyrics from the movie Swades -

Raam hi toh karuna mein hai, shaanti mein raam hai
Raam hi hai ekta mein, pragati mein raam hai
Raam bas bhakton nahin shatru ke beech chintan hai
Dekh taj ke paap raavan, raam tere mann mein hai
Raam tere mann mein hai, raam mere mann mein hai -2
Raam toh ghar ghar mein har, raam har aangan mein hai
Mannse raavan jo nikaale, raam uske mann mein hai -2

Unknown said...

Hi Ram Supporters,
Please read this article published by FRONT LINE Magazine (05th Oct 2007)

Myth Vs Science

http://pay.hindu.com/ebook%20-%20ebfl20071005part1.pdf

Information is so vast in this age of world. Nobody cann't hise it or tell lies like in olden days.

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