HISTORY THE RAM SETU, ALSO KNOWN AS ADAM'S BRIDGE OR RAMA'S BRIDGE, IS A NATURAL FORMATION OF SHOALS, SANDBANKS, AND LIMESTONE SHOALS LOCATED IN THE PALK STRAIT, WITH SIGNIFICANT RELIGIOUS AND MYTHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE IN HINDUISM. ACCORDING TO THE ANCIENT HINDU EPIC RAMAYANA, LORD RAMA AND HIS ARMY OF MONKEYS BUILT THIS BRIDGE TO REACH SRI LANKA AND RESCUE HIS WIFE, SITA, FROM THE DEMON KING RAVANA. WHILE THIS STORY HOLDS IMMENSE RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THE FORMATION IS A NATURAL GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE FORMED OVER TIME, AND ITS HISTORICAL AUTHENTICITY REMAINS A MATTER OF FAITH AND DEBATE MYTHOLOGY GEOLOGICAL STUDIES SUGGEST THAT RAM SETU IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 7,000 YEARS OLD. THIS ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR NATURAL SEDIMENTATION TO CREATE SUCH A LAND BRIDGE. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS HAVE PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF A SUBMERGED RIDGE BENEATH THE SHALLOW WATERS, SUPPORTING THE IDEA OF A NATURAL FORMATION. SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE GEOLOGICAL FORMATION: THE RAM SETU IS COMPOSED OF A CHAIN OF SHOALS, SANDBANKS, AND LIMESTONE SHOALS THAT STRETCH ACROSS THE PALK STRAIT BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA. THESE FORMATIONS ARE TYPICAL OF COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING SEDIMENT DEPOSITION AND EROSION, WHICH HAVE OCCURRED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS. SATELLITE IMAGING: MODERN SATELLITE IMAGING AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES HAVE PROVIDED DETAILED IMAGES OF THE FORMATION. THESE IMAGES SHOW A NATURAL, SUBMERGED RIDGELIKE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE SHALLOW WATERS OF THE PALK STRAIT, CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION RATHER THAN A MAN-MADE BRIDGE. LACK OF MAN-MADE MATERIALS: GEOLOGICAL STUDIES AND UNDERWATER SURVEYS HAVE NOT FOUND ANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE FORMATION WAS ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRUCTED. THE ABSENCE OF MATERIALS SUCH AS STONES, BRICKS, OR CONCRETE TYPICALLY USED IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FURTHER SUPPORTS THE NATURAL ORIGIN OF THE FORMATION. SEA-LEVEL CHANGES: THE FORMATION OF THE RAM SETU IS LIKELY LINKED TO CHANGES IN SEA LEVELS OVER TIME. DURING THE LAST ICE AGE, SEA LEVELS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, WHICH COULD HAVE LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF A LAND BRIDGE BETWEEN INDIA AND SRI LANKA. AS SEA LEVELS ROSE, THE LAND BRIDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMERGED, LEAVING BEHIND THE UNDERWATER FORMATION WE SEE TODAY. FACTS 1.RAMA'S SETU IS ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND IT ALSO IT WAS WALKABLE UNTIL THE 15TH CENTURY. 2.ACCORDING TO HINDU BELIEF RAM SETU WAS BUILT BY LORD RAMA TO CROSS THE SEA. STONES USED TO MAKE THE BRIDGE FLOATED ON WATER BECAUSE RAMA WAS WRITTEN ON STONES.