Incredible Rama Bridge - Ancient Technologies?

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

Since ancient times, India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) have been connected by a mysterious sandbank, which both Muslims and Hindus consider a man-made bridge. Relatively recently, Indian geologists have established that this is actually an artificial structure, unique in length - 50 km! - and a colossal amount of work performed.

According to legends, the bridge was built by monkeys from the army of Hanuman, and they were real giants up to 8 meters tall, so such giants were able to create such an incredible bridge.

Mysterious Shoal

The mysterious sandbank that connects India with Sri Lanka (Ceylon) can be easily distinguished from an airplane; it is also recorded on space images. Muslims know this sandbank as Adam's Bridge, and Hindus know it as Rama's Bridge. It is curious that on Arab medieval maps this shoal is designated as a real bridge, located above the water level, along which anyone, whether a woman or a child, could cross from India to Ceylon in those days. It is striking that the length of this bridge is about 50 km, with a width of 1.5 to 4 km.

This bridge lasted in good condition until 1480, when a strong earthquake and the subsequent tsunami damaged it quite badly. The bridge sank heavily and was destroyed in places. Now most of this colossal bridge is hidden under water, but you can still walk across it. True, there is a small Pambas passage between Rameswar Island and Cape Ramnad, small merchant ships move along it, so you have to swim across it. However, those who decide on such a risky venture should take into account that there is a rather strong current that can carry an extreme out into the open sea.

According to Hindus, the bridge is actually man-made; in ancient times, by the order of Emperor Rama, it was built by an army of monkeys, headed by Hanuman, this is mentioned in the holy book "Ramayana". There are references to the construction of the bridge in the Puranas (Indian sacred books) and in the Mahabharata. This bridge forces ships to sail around Sri Lanka, and this is a significant loss in time (up to 30 hours) and in fuel. That is why there have been more than once proposals to dig a canal through the Rama Bridge. However, in the 20th century, the canal was never built.

The canal was taken seriously in the 21st century, and a special corporation was formed for its construction.

It was then that mystical events began. As soon as the corporation got down to work, the dredgers began to fail one after another. Their bucket teeth were breaking, motors were burning, cables were bursting. The "defeat" of the corporation was completed by a sudden storm, which, like grains of sand, scattered the ships involved in the construction and finally interrupted the work. Hindu believers did not doubt that the failure of the construction of the canal was caused by unnatural reasons; in their opinion, it was the monkey king Hanuman who did not allow his creation to be destroyed.

Since 2007, there has been a campaign in India under the slogan "Save the Rama Bridge" * Campaigners defend the Rama Bridge not only as an ancient historical monument, they believe that it is very important for the preservation of the local ecosystem. It is said that the Rama Bridge even mitigated the impact of the 2004 tsunami and saved many lives. Of course, the most important question is: is this bridge an artificial structure? If the answer is yes, other questions arise: who built it and when?

Sensational discovery by Indian geologists

Amazingly, there is every reason to say that the Rama Bridge is really a man-made structure. The depth around it is 10-12 meters, with a very significant width, let me remind you, - from 1, 5 to 4 km; it is even difficult to imagine what a colossal amount of building material was moved during such a titanic work! Several years ago, space images of the Rama Bridge, taken by NASA, were published, they clearly show the real bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India. However, experts from NASA do not believe that these images can shed light on the origin of this amazing formation.

Much more convincing evidence of the man-made origin of the Rama Bridge came from the 6SI Geological Survey of India.

Indian geologists have carried out a large-scale study of both the Rama Bridge and the underlying rocks. To do this, they drilled 100 wells in the bridge itself and next to it and conducted geophysical studies. It was possible to establish that the bridge does not represent any natural elevation of bedrock, as one might assume, this is a clear anomaly of an artificial nature. According to the research, the bridge was formed by a mound of boulders measuring 1, 5 × 2, 5 meters, and of a fairly regular shape.

The main proof of the man-made bridge is the fact that the embankment of boulders rests on a thick layer of sea sand from three to five meters thick! Drilling data show that only under this sandy layer the bedrock begins. It turns out that someone in time immemorial laid a gigantic amount of limestone boulders on top of the sand, the artificial nature of the Rama Bridge is also indicated by the orderly laying of this material. Geologists also found that no processes of lifting the seabed in the area occupied by the bridge took place. The conclusion of Indian geologists: the Rama bridge is undeniably a man-made structure!

Did the giants build the bridge?

When was it built and by whom? If you believe the legends, the bridge was built a million years ago, and some Western researchers give it even 17 million years. There are also less impressive assumptions - 20 thousand years and 3500 years. The last figure, in my opinion, is unlikely, because it implies that the bridge was built by people like you and me. Why would they waste time and energy on the width of the bridge from 1, 5 to 4 km?

Clearly, they would be limited to a maximum width of 200 meters. This means that the bridge was not built by ordinary people, so it is most likely older than 3, 5 thousand years.

According to legends, the bridge was built by monkeys from the army of Hanuman, and they were real giants up to 8 meters tall, so such giants were able to create such an incredible bridge. By the way, the bridge was built with the aim of transporting Rama's army to Sri Lanka to fight its ruler, the demon Ravana, who kidnapped Sita, Rama's beloved. Perhaps the width of the bridge was increased for military purposes in order to immediately provide a massive attack on the enemy. After all, it has long been known that an enemy moving along a narrow bridge, gorge or passage is much easier to hold even with insignificant forces.

However, if you believe in the hypothesis that Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was once part of the mainland of Lemuria, then this mysterious bridge could have been built by the Lemurians, who were also of gigantic stature. In any case, not all the secrets of the Rama Bridge can be considered solved yet.