That
great causeway like unto a line traced on the waves,
resembled the parting of a woman's hair.
From: jagbir singh
<www.adishakti.org@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Dec 22, 2004 9:51 am
Subject: "That great causeway like unto a line
traced on the waves, resembled the parting of a woman's
hair." Sage Valmiki, Ramayana
NASA Images Find 1,750,000 Year Old Man-Made Bridge
The Hindustan Times
10-10-2002
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WASHINGTON (PTI)
—The NASA Shuttle has imaged a mysterious ancient bridge
between India and Sri Lanka, as mentioned in the Ramayana.
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The
evidence, say experts matter-of-factly, is in the Digital
Image Collection.
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The
recently discovered bridge, currently named as Adam's
Bridge and made of a chain of shoals, 30 km long, in the
Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka, reveals a
mystery behind it.
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The
bridge's unique curvature and composition by age reveals
that it is man-made. Legend as well as Archeological
studies reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants
in Sri Lanka date back to the primitive age, about
1,750,000 years ago and the bridge's age is also almost
equivalent.
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"That great causeway like unto a line traced on the waves,
resembled the parting of a woman's hair." Sage Valmiki,
Ramayana
Courtesy NASA Digital Image Collection
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Space
images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in
the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently
discovered bridge currently named as Adam's Bridge is made
of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.
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The
bridge's unique curvature and composition by age reveals
that it is man made. The legends as well as Archeological
studies reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants
in Sri Lanka date back to the a primitive age, about
1,750,000 years ago and the bridge's age is also almost
equivalent.
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This
information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the
mysterious legend called Ramayana, which was supposed to
have taken place in tredha yuga (more than 1,700,000 years
ago).
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In this
epic, there is a mentioning about a bridge, which was
built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast
under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible figure
called Rama who is supposed to be the incarnation of the
supreme.
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This
information may not be of much importance to the
archeologists who are interested in exploring the origins
of man, but it is sure to open the spiritual gates of the
people of the world to have come to know an ancient
history linked to the Indian mythology.
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Comment
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From
Hugh Joseph
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10-12-2
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Hi
Jeff...
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I read
the story headlined above with great interest. This is a
story of major significance, as understanding its
implications will turn the entire world of Science and
History on its head. This bridge, according to accounts in
the Ramayana and the Srimad-Bhagavatam, was constructed in
the age know as Treta, over 2 million years ago.
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How did
the writers without super space-ranging satellites know
about the existence of this bridge? In these ancient
accounts, written over 5,000 years ago, we find
discussions of, among other things, space travel, inter
planetary travel, what we call UFOs and what we mistakenly
call ETs. This is not only the History of the planet
Earth, but also of this Universe, (a mediocre universe
among many millions of universes.)
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Here
one can also learn the real undisguised and uncontaminated
truth about God. Our man-made religions are of little or
no value when compared to the stunning and breathtaking
revelations found in the pages of the Srimad-Bhagavatam,
Ramayan, Bhagavad-gita, etc.
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I hope
you will publish this comment for the benefit of your
readers.
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Thank
you for the great work you are doing.
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Hugh
Joseph
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For
your readers, here is the way the "Srimad Bhagavatam"
describes the event:
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Text 22
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nara-devatvam apannah
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sura-karya-cikirsaya
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samudra-nigrahadini
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cakre
viryany atah param
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Translation:
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"In the
eighteenth incarnation (of Lord Krishna), the Lord
appeared as King Rama. In order to perform some pleasing
work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by
controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist
King Ravana, who was on the other side of the sea".
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Purport
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(by His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)
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The
Personality of Godhead Sri Rama assumed the form of a
human being and appeared on the earth for the purpose of
doing some pleasing work for the demigods, or the
administrative personalities, to maintain the order of the
universe. Sometimes great demons and atheists like Ravana
and Hiranyakasipu and many others become very famous due
to advancing material civilization by the help of material
science and other activities, with a spirit of challenging
the established order of the Lord. For example, the
attempt to fly to other planets by material means is a
challenge to the established order. The conditions of each
and every planet are different, and different classes of
human beings are accommodated there for particular
purposes mentioned in the codes of the Lord. But, puffed
up by tiny success in material advancement, sometimes the
godless materialists challenge the existence of God.
Ravana was one of them, and he wanted to deport ordinary
men to the planet of Indra (heaven) by material means
without consideration of the necessary qualifications. He
wanted a staircase to be built up directly reaching the
heavenly planet so that people might not be required to
undergo the routine of pious work necessary to enter that
planet. He also wanted to perform other acts against the
established rule of the Lord. He even challenged the
authority of Sri Rama, the Personality of Godhead, and
kidnapped His wife, Sita. Of course Lord Rama came to
chastise this atheist, answering the prayer and desire of
the demigods. He therefore took up the challenge of Ravana,
and the complete activity is the subject matter of the
"Ramayana". Because Lord Ramachandra was the Personality
of Godhead, He exhibited superhuman activities which no
human being, including the materially advanced Ravana,
could perform. Lord Ramacandra prepared a royal road on
the Indian Ocean with stones that floated on the water.
The modern scientists have done research in the area of
weightlessness, but it is not possible to bring in
weightlessness anywhere and everywhere. But because
weightlessness is the creation of the Lord by which He can
make the gigantic planets fly and float in the air, He
made the stones even within this earth to be weightless
and prepared a stone bridge on the sea without any
supporting pillar. That is the display of the power of
God.
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(Srimad-Bhagavatam
First Canto, Chapter 3, text 24, 1972)
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Here's
the account from the "Ramayana" of Sage Valmiki:
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"At
Rama's command, those lions among the monkeys entered the
mighty forest with alacrity in hundreds and thousands on
every side and those leaders on the simian tribes, tearing
up the rocks, which in size they resembled, and the trees
also dragged them to the sea and they covered the ocean
with Sala, Ashvararna, (list of tree names). Those
foremost monkeys transported those trees, with or without
roots, bearing them like so many standards of Indra (the
king of heaven) and they heaped (list of tree names) here
and there. With the aid of mechanical devices, those
powerful colossi dug up stones as big as elephants and
rocks, and the water suddenly spouted into the air only to
fall instantly. Thereafter those monkeys churned up the
sea by rushing into it on all sides pulling on the chains.
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"That
immense causeway constructed by Nala in the bosom of the
sea was built by the arms of those monkeys of formidable
exploits and it extended over a hundred leagues.
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"Some
brought trunks of trees and others set them up; it was by
hundreds and thousands that those monkeys, like unto
giants, made use of reeds, logs and blossoming trees to
construct that bridge, rushing hither and thither with
blocks of stone resembling mountains or the peaks of
crags, which, flung into the sea, fell with a resounding
crash.
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"The
first day those monkeys resembling elephants, or immense
energy, full of high spirits and exceedingly merry,
erected fourteen leagues of masonry. The second day, those
highly active monkeys of formidable stature set up twenty
leagues. Bestirring themselves, those giants threw
twenty-one leagues of structure over the ocean on the
third day and on the fourth, working feverishly, they
built up twenty-two leagues in extent. The fifth day,
those monkeys, industrious workers, reached to
twenty-three leagues distance from the further shore.
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"That
fortunate and valiant son of Vishvakarma (architect of the
demigods), leader of the monkeys, constructed a causeway
worthy of his sire over the ocean and that bridge erected
by Nala over the sea, the haunt of whales, dazzling in its
perfection and splendor, was like the constellation of
Svati in space.
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"Then
the gods, Gandharvas, Siddhas (living beings superior to
humans) and supreme Rishis (great sages) assembled in the
sky, eager to see that masterpiece, and the gods and
Gandharvas gazed on that causeway, so difficult of
construction, that was ten leagues in width and a hundred
in length built by Nala.
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"Those
monkeys thereafter dived, swam and shouted at the sight of
that unimaginable marvel that was almost inconceivable and
caused one to tremble! And all beings beheld that causeway
thrown over the ocean and by hundreds and thousands of
kotis (millions), those monkeys, full of valor, having
built that bridge over the immense repository of waters,
reached the opposite shore.
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"Vast,
well-constructed, magnificent with its wonderful paved
floor, solidly cemented, that great causeway like unto a
line traced on the waves, resembled the parting of a
woman's hair.
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"Meanwhile Bibishana (brother of Ravana who joined Rama),
mace (club) in hand, held himself ready at his post with
his companions in case of an enemy attack. Thereafter
Sugriva addressed Rama, who was valiant by nature, saying
"Mount on the shoulders of Hanuman and Laxmana (brother of
Rama) on those of Angada. O Hero, vast is this ocean, the
abode of whales; those two monkeys who freely range the
sky will transport you both."
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"Then
the fortunate Rama and Laxmana advanced thus and that
magnanimous archer was accompanied by Surgriva. Some
monkeys strode forward in the center, some threw
themselves into the waves, some sprang into the sky,
others marched on the bridge, some ranged through space
like birds, and the terrific tumult of the trampling of
that formidable army of monkeys drowned the roar of the
ocean.
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"When
those simian troops had passed over the sea by the grace
of Nala's causeway, the king ordered them to camp on the
shore which abounded in roots, fruits and water.
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At the
sight of that masterpiece that had materialized under the
command of Raghava (another name of Lord Rama), despite
the difficulties, the gods, who had drawn near with the
Siddhas and Charanas as also the great Rishis, anointed
Rama in secret there, with water form the sea, and said: "Mayest
thou be victorious over thy foes, O Thou, who are a God
among men! Do Thou rule over the earth and the sea
eternally!"
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Thus in
various auspicious words, did they acclaim Rama in the
midst of the homage offered to him by the Brahmins."
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(The
Ramayana of Valmiki, Yuddha Kanda)
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Hugh
Joseph
Comments welcome: hughjoseph@aol.com
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