Dr. Shiva Subramanya Retd. Chief Scientist and Chief Engineer , Defense & Space Systems Group in US Space research

1. Organized by MANTHANA (Thinkers’ Writer’s Forum) Thursday, 5th January 2006 A talk on SRI RAM SETU VENUE: Keshava Shilpa Auditorium, BANGALORE Dr. Shiva Subramanya Retd. Chief Scientist and Chief Engineer, Defense & Space Systems Group in US Space research orgs. and VHP Pracharak, USA & Bharat

2. Ancient-Bridge = ‘Adam’s Bridge’ = Sri Rama Sethu Authentic Digital Images of Sri Rama Sethu From NASA Image eXchange <http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov> • More than 35 photographs were taken by NASA Astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts during following period • NASA’s Gemini XI Spacecraft in 1966 • 8 NASA Space Shuttle Missions 1983-1994 • [STS 6, 30, 33, 38, 44, 51, 51-B, 59] • International Space Station 2002-2005 Expedition 6 [24.11.2002 - 04.05.2003] Expedition 10 [13.10.2004 - 24.04.2005) • Image Credits:NASA Johnson Space Center – Earth Sciences and Image Analysis • (NASA-JSC-ES&IA) <http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/> • Sri Rama Sethu causeway must have been a major engineering feat for its thin trace is still so clearly visible on the present day satellite images. • It has resisted the relentless erosion of the sea for millions of years and it attests to the great engineering skills of the ancient Indian people. • It is the earliest and largest carbon-fibre reinforced civil engineering structure known to man and should be protected as a world heritage site. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

3. Sri Rama Sethu (Adam’s Bridge) – NASA Digital Images NASA Gemini XI Spacecraft (Sept. 12, 1966 - Sept. 15, 1966) <http://history.nasa.gov/SP-168/section3b.htm> "This photograph from an altitude of 410 miles encompasses all of India, an area of 12,50,000 square miles," GEORGE M. LOW, then the Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, notes. "Bombay is on the west coast, directly left of the spacecraft's can-shaped antenna New Delhi is just below the horizon near the upper left. Adam's Bridge between India and Ceylon, at the right, is clearly visible. A cloudless region surrounds the entire subcontinent." “Vande Bhaarata Maataram” Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

4. The historic bridge was built by Vanara architect Nala without using any tools, and is believed to be the most ancient, longest and widest bridge in the world, built in shortest time, just in 5 days over the turbulent seas across ancient India and Lanka. The bridge's unique curvature and composition by age revealed that the first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to about 17,50,000 years ago and the bridge's age is also almost equivalent. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

5. 24.11.1989 STS033-78-73 NASA-JSC-ES&IA 05.05.1989 STS030-72-94 NASA-JSC-ES&IA Efforts are required to retrieve/salvage the bridge or whatever are remains of it. Naturally, experts are worried that the Sethusamudram canal project may destroy whatever that may remain of the bridge. Bridge is made of chain of shoals, 18 mile (30 km) long. The remains of bridge are one of the most important archaeological evidences available. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

6. One of the Strategic concerns: is the Safety & Security of Koodankulam Power Station, not far from the SSCP site, is scheduled to produce over 40% of Nuclear Fuel in India in next 5 years Further, apart from the bridge itself, there are several other historic and religious artifacts in the area that may be disturbed during the dredging up the process for the canal. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

7. Sri Rama Sethu (‘Adam’s Bridge’) Latest Image from ISS Feb. 23, 2003 International Space Station Expedition 6 Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

8. Ship Canal Project (SSCP) • Links Southeastern coast of India, Palk Bay & the Gulf of Mannar • Initiated after being cleared by the Indian Environment Ministry and Cabinet Committee • Economically and Environmentally sensitive & used for regional shipping. • The canal will save 20 hr. of ship journey and considerable amount of fuel. • This 360 km long and 300 m wide shipping canal will provide a continuous navigable route. • It will Cut through ‘Adam’s Bridge’ [Sri Rama Sethu] May be about • 400 Meters wide (with Lining; >900m if two-way traffic is needed?); • A natural chain of shoals to avoid circumnavigating Sri Lanka; The proposed • canal will pass 20 km away from the Shingle Island and 6 km from the Van Tivu Island. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

9. Ship Canal Project (SSCP) Second Highest Marine Biodiversity on the Earth will be Destroyed for ever. According to one estimate, SSCP dredging may displace around 9.7 million m3 bulk of rock, shoal and sediments, making the water column highly turbid till the project is completed. Turbidity (suspension of clay and mud in water column) is one such factor. This could be fatal to an ecosystem. Busy Continuous Navigation in this region will offset and trigger devastating ecological imbalance. Palk Bay is already on the verge of ‘Jivânikhâtanam’, a process that will entomb/endanger marine organisms. Affects lives of millions of fishermen and many endangered organisms(fishes, coral reefs, sea horses, algae and other marine plant) in subtropical, shallow Gulf of Mannar. Study of geological, biological, physical and chemical oceanographic parameters is essential. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA

10. CONCLUSIONS • Sri Rama’ Date of Birth, as per Janma-Kundali, with corresponding Planets Configuration (Cosmological Parameters) are surprisingly leading to same conclusions. • Sri Rama Sethu related arguments are now more than ever re-affirmed by re-discoveries from the USA-NASA Digital Image Analysis stretching from Gemini XI to ISS Expeditions and as well as other foreign Space Missions. • Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) may damage part of the Sri Rama Sethu remnants for sure. Dr. Shiva Subramanya, VHP-Pracharak, Bharat / USA