If you look at satellite imagery, you will notice a faint hint of a connecting strip between India and Sri Lanka. This is Adam's Bridge, also known as Ram's Bridge or Ram Setu (राम सेतु), a vast chain ...
By Times’ Junior Journalist Jianna Kapoor Have you ever heard of the legendary Ram Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge? This is ...
Ram Setu, or Adam’s Bridge, is a 48 km long limestone shoals connecting India’s Pamban Island (Rameswaram) to Sri Lanka’s Mannar Island. Historians, biologists, religious academics, and political ...
I just read a scintillating account of Ram Setu, the “enchanting bridge” of limestone shoals that connects the Indian mainland to Sri Lanka. Written by a former student, Professor Arup K. Chatterjee, ...
A new study traces the migration of a genus of shrub frogs, endemic to India’s Western Ghats, to Sri Lanka some 27 million years ago. A constantly changing climate gave rise to various types of ...
A new environmental emergency has hit the strait separating the Indian coast from Sri Lanka, threatening to cripple local tourism and fishing. Carried by currents from India, mounds of plastic reach ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, on his way back from Sri Lanka, shared a profound moment of spirituality, revealing that he had a glimpse of the Ram Setu. Taking to microblogging site X, the ...