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Where is the chain of limestone shoals known as Adam's Bridge?

Question #150387. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Dec 26 2023.
Originally posted Dec 26 2023 9:53 PM.

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It was a 48 km long land bridge of limestone that once connected Sri Lanka to India. Suposedly a storm in the 15th century made the bridge unstable and no longer usable.

link https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia24949-adams-bridge-india-sri-lanka

The land bridge has an important place in Hindu legends.
The ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana, in the Yuddhakanda, mentions a bridge constructed by the god Rama with aid from an army of Vanaras (monkeys or forest-dwellers) to reach the island Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from Ravana.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Bridge
Response last updated by BigTriviaDawg on Dec 26 2023.
Dec 26 2023, 9:57 PM
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