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Adam's Bridge, sometimes called Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island and Mannar Island

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This bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka, geology reveals.The 48-km feature separates Mannar Gulf and Palk Strait.

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The ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Ramayana (7th century BCE to 3rd century CE) shows a bridge built by the hero Rama to reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from Ravana.

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This is Nala's or Rama's bridge, since Lanka in the Ramayana is Sri Lanka.

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Many early Ramayana versions place Lankapura no further south than the Godavari River.

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Rameswaram Island created 125,000 years ago, according to the Geological Survey of India.

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Radiocarbon dating suggests the area between Rameswaram and Talaimannar was exposed 7,000 to 18,000 years ago.

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500–600 years ago, the dunes between Dhanushkodi and Adam's Bridge formed.

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