At the bottom of the Polk Strait near Sri Lanka, a 50 km underwater bridge was discovered in satellite photographs. This happened in 2003. On the ancient geographical maps of Ptolemy, such a structure is drawn, connecting the mainland with the island. Today this bridge runs under water at depths of up to 12 meters. The alternation of coral reefs and shoals visually resembles a long road up to 4 km wide in places. The Indians called the building "Rama Bridge". On the geographical maps of the Middle Ages, it is clearly marked. The bridge was mentioned in the manuscripts of Marco Polo, who reached China at one time. If we analyze the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, then it says about the construction of the "Nala bridge".
There are legends of ancient India that have survived to our time. Oral legends tell of giant (up to 8 meters tall) monkeys who built a bridge within five days. Stones and logs were taken as materials for the construction. Having organized into the army, the monkeys from the mainland moved to the island of Ceylon. Their leaders (Rama and Lakshmana) were dragged on their shoulders. Hanuman commanded all animals. The very monkey-like deity with a "broken jaw", the hero of the Ramayana and Mahabharata and the avatar of Shiva, born of the god of wind, could fly and possessed incredible strength.
A bridge-like man-made structure stretches to the island of Rameswar and there it breaks off. Further, at Cape Ramnad, an underwater firmament reappears. There is a strong current in the strait, but there is a passage for ships with a small displacement. Large ships circle Sri Lanka, making an 800 km arc. An attempt to make a navigable channel for large ships was unsuccessful. The sudden onset of a storm prevented, the equipment began to fail. Superstitious Indians said that it was Hanuman, the monkey king, who was angry. The two bays could not be connected by a shipping channel. In one of them (Polkskiy) hurricanes often rage, and in the second (Manarskiy) the water is emerald in color and calm most of the months of the year.
There is a debate among scholars about the age of the "Rama Bridge". It is determined from tens of thousands to millions of years. The structure of the building has been studied in detail. The bridge is composed of limestone boulders measuring one and a half by two and a half meters. Under the boulders there is a sand embankment with a thickness of 3 to 5 meters in different places, lying on a stone foundation. The width of the bridge, several kilometers, was definitely needed by the giant creatures for crossings. If there really were once giant monkeys, then the construction of the bridge is not questioned by them. Today the ancient Indian shrine is still intact, otherwise it is also called "Adam's Bridge". A string of shoals, similar to a solid crossing, is clearly visible from outer space in the form of a slightly curved line. It can be seen from the planes. A ferry crossing runs along it, along which railway cars and trains are transported.
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The announcement of the Ramayana epic as a fairy tale by the government of India made it possible to create a project to deepen the strait. Just in the area of the bridge named after the ancient Indian emperor Rama. But it is not known whether this plan will be implemented.