US channel's finding on Ram Setu reaffirms BJP's stand: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad
He also hit out at the previous UPA government for filing an affidavit in the Supreme Court questioning the belief that the land bridge was built by Lord Ram to reach then Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, as depicted in the epic Ramayana.
The claim made in a new show of a US science channel that the 'Ram Setu' - a land bridge connecting India and Sri Lanka - is man-made and not natural has reaffirmed the stand of the BJP on the issue, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday.
He also hit out at the previous UPA government for filing an affidavit in the Supreme Court questioning the belief that the land bridge was built by Lord Ram to reach then Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, as depicted in the epic Ramayana.
"Those who filed the affidavit should explain now. The research has supported what the BJP has been claiming all along...The setu is part of our cultural heritage," Prasad told reporters here.
In a promo for its upcoming show, the channel quotes an archaeologist that the rocks on top of sand pre-date the sand.
"This is what the BJP has been saying all along," Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said.
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The Ram Setu, also known as Adam's bridge, is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island off the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off Sri Lanka.
The first mention of the "bridge" was made in the Indian epic the Ramayana, which says the bridge was made by Hanuman and his monkey army under the guidance of the Indian god Ram.
According to the research by the American scientists quoted by the channel, the stones forming the "bridge" are nearly 7,000 years old whereas the sand on which they rest is only 4,000 years old.