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=Adam's Bridge=

A ridge of sand and rocks, about 17 miles in
length, stretching from north-west to south-east from the island of
Rameswaram on the coast of Madura District, Madras, to the island
of Manaar off Ceylon, and nearly closing the northern end of the Gulf
of Manaar. The centre of the bridge is in 9 degree 5' N. and 79 degree 34' E. At
high tide three or four feet of water cover it in places.

Hindu tradition
says that the bridge was made by Hanuman, the monkey-god, and his
army of monkeys, to convey Rama across to Ceylon in his expedition
to recover his wife Sita, whom Ravana, the ten-headed demon-king of
that island, had carried off.

It is under consideration to carry the
railway, which now runs as far as Mandapam, on the mainland opposite
the island of Pamban, across to the island and thence over this ridge to
Ceylon, thus linking up the Ceylon and Indian railways and establish-
ing direct and unbroken communication between the port of Colombo
and India generally.

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Pdewan at 23:09, 3 May 2014

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."

Pdewan: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article has been extracted from
THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, AT THE CLAR..."