Adam's Bridge

Coordinates: 9°07′16″N 79°31′18″E / 9.1210°N 79.5217°E / 9.1210; 79.5217


Adam's Bridge (Tamil: ātām pālam), also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Tamil: Irāmar pālam, Sanskrit: rāmasetu), is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.

The bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only 1 to 10 metres (3 to 30 ft) deep in places, which hinders navigation. It was reportedly passable on foot up to the 15th century until storms deepened the channel: temple records seem to say that Adam’s Bridge was completely above sea level until it broke in a cyclone in 1480.

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The bridge was first mentioned in the ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Ramayana of Valmiki. The name Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Sanskrit; setu: bridge) refers to the bridge built by the Vanara (ape men) army of Rama in Hindu theology with instructions from Nala, which he used to reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from the Rakshasa king, Ravana. The Ramayana attributes the building of this bridge to Rama in verse 2-22-76, naming it as Setubandhanam, a name that persists until today.

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I've been here before
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at first they seemed so nice
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We're on the train of no return
no absconding
don't turn your head
don't look aroun
we have to reach the other side
no compunction because of all the thing's I've done
don't you try to fool me
you think that I'm mad but I'm not all your stupid storis
I'll never trust you what you got
catch me kill me help me free me fear me avoid me
please don't listen to my oath
all these familiar faces it's like
I've been here before
eyes glance at me before they turn around
at first they seemed so nice
smiling at me but I know better now
I'll never get away alive
We're on the train of no return
no absconding don't turn your head
don't look around
we have to reach the other side
no compunction because of all the thing's I've done
don't you try to fool me
you think that I'm mad but I'm not all your stupid stories
I'll never trust you what yougot
catch me kill me help mefree me fear me avoid me
please don't listen to my oath
Drowning in my emptiness
love is no subject
if my hate is not there
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pleasure's no subject if pain is not there
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