Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Lankans and Indians... Just a footstep away
Over the many years that my boo and I have been together (too many to count or remember), it has always been a debate over our respective countries. It's always been the accusation that Lankans are try hard Indians or that every Indian wants to be a Lankan. One victory I have won though is that Lankan guys are far better looking than Indian guys... well thats obvious anyone can quite clearly see that :P. But the jury is still out on whether Indian gals are better lookingthan Indian gals.. I thinnk that should be quite obvious ;). So as I was surfing through wikipaedia .. my new found fav hangout point (they have everything u ever want to know and more!!). What I found was an intersting part of both our countries respective histories, It's called the Rama bridge and recent NASA photo's have created some contraversy as to whether it is man made or not:Rama's Bridge, also called Adam's bridge or Nala's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals, between the islands of Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram. The names Rama's Bridge and Nala's Bridge originate in Hindu mythology. According to the Hindu epic Ramayana (Chapter 66, The Great Causeway [1]), the bridge was constructed at Rama's request by his subjects, including the Vanara Sena (army of monkeys), led by Nala, son of the architect-god Visvakarman. The bridge was supported on floating rocks but the gods were said to have later anchored the rocks to the sea bed, thus creating the present chain of rocky shoals. It was said to have helped Rama to reach Sri Lanka to rescue Sita from a monster(aasur) called Ravana, who was then the ruler of Lanka. Some Hindu groups claim that the bridge is evidence that events narrated in the Ramayana epic actually took place and cite NASA's imagery of it as proof of their claims. NASA has distanced itself from such claims:
"The images [...] may be ours, but their interpretation is certainly not ours. [...] Remote sensing images or photographs from orbit cannot provide direct information about the origin or age of a chain of islands, and certainly cannot determine whether humans were involved in producing any of the patterns seen."
Archeological studies of the bridge are ongoing, and some archeologists claim to have found evidence suggesting that the bridge is man-made. For instance, some researchers from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, announced that the "bridge" is only 3,500 years old
"The images [...] may be ours, but their interpretation is certainly not ours. [...] Remote sensing images or photographs from orbit cannot provide direct information about the origin or age of a chain of islands, and certainly cannot determine whether humans were involved in producing any of the patterns seen."
Archeological studies of the bridge are ongoing, and some archeologists claim to have found evidence suggesting that the bridge is man-made. For instance, some researchers from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, announced that the "bridge" is only 3,500 years old
your love is like a shadow at 12:41 am
0 said we can't be wrong together
0 said we can't be wrong together