Should Ram Sethu be destroyed or not? - Page 2

Ram Sethu 😆 😆 , that title really confused me

If a religous structure stands in the way of building infrastructure the structure should go. But that should get applied to all religious structures of all religions uniformly

Originally posted by: sareg

Ram Sethu 😆 😆 , that title really confused me

If a religous structure stands in the way of building infrastructure the structure should go. But that should get applied to all religious structures of all religions uniformly

😆😳 Sethu = Bridge

In this case , it is more beneficary to keep the sethu 😛

Ram Sethu should not be destroyed
we should save it no matter what
it is like destroying our cultrure if this Ram Sethu is destroyed

Jai Shri Ram

US heritage body wants Ram Setu preserved

R Prema in New Delhi | June 11, 2007 17:28 IST


The World Monuments Fund, a US-based international preservation body that brings out the annual world monument watch list of endangered sites, has come out in an open support of Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge.

The Indian government should realise that it is more valuable to preserve it than to demolish it for the Sethusamudram canal project for bringing ships inland, the body has said.

The Ram Setu, which has become a tug of war between the government and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Hindu organistions, does not figure in the list of endangered sites released in New York this week but fund chairman Marilyn Perry has stressed that the government can leave the disputed area untouched by re-routing the canal.

He also suggested that the government make it a tourist attraction by sending tourists in glass boats to the bottom of the site to view the beautiful rock formations.

While the government as well as the Supreme Court have rejected pleas to divert the canal instead of demolishing what they claim to be solidified sand dunes and no man-made construction of the so-called bridge as the saffron party claims, Marilyn suggests that an international team of scuba divers be allowed to take underwater photographs and carry out tests to find out whether the rock formations still exist.

"It is easy to demolish but hard to construct anything like this again," she stressed.

In a New York-datelined interview published on Saturday, Marilyn agreed that her fund was not a world policeman and its requests may fall on deaf ears, but still it strives for creating an alternative vision of the value that the bureaucrats are not able to see.

'They only see water and revenue, and not the archeological importance beneath the sea,' she remarked.

Admitting that it can only try to create a public awareness about the endangered sites and other NGOs can also do so, she pointed out that more effective way will be to involve the local people if the government refuses to yield.

'We could not stop construction of a dam in Turkey as the government would not listen to us. The am would flood some of the great archeological sites, yet the government was adamant,' she added.

Her fund's president, Bonnie Bumham, said the public voice can force stoppage of the demolition.

When Baalu spent hours reading about Adam's Bridge

May 01, 2007 20:09 IST


Amidst the Sangh Parivar's opposition to dredging in the Ramar Sethu or Adam's Bridge area in Palk Straits for the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project, Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu spent more than four hours at the historic Saraswathi Mahal Library in Thanjavur, sifting through ancient documents and the Ramayana.


According to library sources, Baalu noted down some details about the Ramar Sethu during his visit on Monday. He also sought details about books and pictures on Ramar Sethu.


Baalu's visit is seen as an effort to arm himself with facts about Ramar Sethu when he faces Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and lawmakers in Parliament, who are opposed to the damage to the 'bridge.'


Talking to media persons later, Baalu said he had gone to the library to get more facts about the bridge. Whatever details he had collected will be presented in Parliament on May 23 and not before that, 'as any announcement now will work to the advantage of the opponents.'


Baalu took copies of the Valmiki Ramayan, Tulasi Ramayan, Adhyathma Ramayan, Kamba Ramayan and many other books, as also copies of maps on Ramar Sethu.


According to Hindu mythology, the bridge was built by the Vanarasena (army of monkeys) to help Lord Ram cross over to Ravana's Lanka, wage a war and bring back his wife Sita.


Hindus consider it a religious symbol and an ancient monument. Scientists however consider Ramar Sethu to be just a natural formation.


Though NASA has also taken a satellite picture of the Ramar Sethu, they have not given any opinion on whether it was man made or natural.

When the Aswan Dam and the created Lake Naseer was supposed to submerge the partial ruins of the great Pyramids of Egypt, billions of dollars were spent in carefully cutting the ruins and rebuilding at a higher dry land.

Ram Setu should not be destroyed period.

bumping - with picture and link to the article initially discussed provided

rediff article-
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/25tarun.htm



older news
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id= 91 5fcb4a-09c9-451a-b0ce-3d6da9f774d1&ParentID=e1f3607e -6fb8-43 45-8851-6b9e4585948a&MatchID1=4535&TeamID1 =1&TeamID2=9&Match Type1=5&SeriesID1=1143&P rimaryID=4535&Headline=SC+prevents+R am+Setu+from+damag e

It is more than likely a natural formation instead of man-made.

http://www.trekshare.com/travel/travelogue.htm?journalid=842 1]
http://www.laputanlogic.com/articles/2002/11/03-83975630.htm l
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?cont ent_id=17736

However people have become very sentimental about it and I think their sentiments, especially religious sentiments, should be respected. In any case I think more (unbiased) investigation is needed into the structure. 😊