NASA Images Discover Ancient Bridge between India and SriLanka (w/pics)

[athithi]

I've personally met fishermen who've claimed the presence of this bridge for atleast 15 years now. Apparently, they tie a weighted rope and drop it in the ocean and it shows them the difference in depths clearly along that narrow ridge - guess you need to be really high-tech or really low-tech to discover stuff like this This place is very close to my hometown of Madras, India.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
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i found my house!

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[AnitaPeterson]

Well, if you look closer at the first photo on the page linked in the original post, you will see "940416" - which is the date at which the photo was taken.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Czar

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.

alien?

Not that really up on my Hindu, but my guess would be that would be the avatar or Rahman, the Creator God.

 

[zzzz]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Czar

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.

alien?

Not that really up on my Hindu, but my guess would be that would be the avatar or Rahman, the Creator God.

hehehe, Rahman is a muslim name!!
Ram (or Rama) is one of the avatars (reincarnations) of Vishnu.

 

[Maverick]

Very interesting...but even as a Hindu I'm skeptical that it was man made. There existed a landbridge between Asia and North American between 10 and 20 thousand years ago...no reason why the same thing couldn't have been in the Indian subcontinent.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
if it was man made, why wouldn't they build the bridge at the most narrow part?

Narrowest part isn't always the easiest part, from an engineering point of view. Take into account the technology and engineering skill available at the time, along with natural terrain, depth, underwater features, whatever.

A lot of times the narrowest part or easiest looking path wasn't so easy then or other things were already constructed in it's path....consider america's interstate's ... how many of them are 100's of miles out of your way

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: AzNmAnJLH
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Wow! nice program!

i found my house!

hmm looks like i need a new roof

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