tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post947989161975951591..comments2024-03-18T22:56:06.696+05:30Comments on Jayasree Saranathan: Sethu in Kamba RamayanamJayasree Saranathan http://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-61205911839860273652008-07-28T15:40:00.000+05:302008-07-28T15:40:00.000+05:30thanks for the detailed answer!regardstvps: and yo...thanks for the detailed answer!<BR/>regards<BR/>tv<BR/>ps: and you have changed th picture in the profile. wise!திவாண்ணாhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134281806497616503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-77725897856070068132008-07-28T12:26:00.000+05:302008-07-28T12:26:00.000+05:30Yes, there is evidence / are evidences which have...Yes, there is evidence / are evidences which have been brought to the notice of the court.The said epigraph is found in Rameshwaram temple reporting breaches at 3 places in the cyclone of 1480.<BR/>Dr. S.Kalyanaraman's note on these are quoted here. The full text of this is posted now in this blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It is noteworthy in this context that the bench hearing this case has pointed out that none of the routes mooted for all these years had touched the Sethu bund. Only the current plan is touching the Sethu. Why do this? <BR/><BR/>"After examining various project reports, spanning a period of 150 years, the Bench said, "There were nine study report (for the shipping channel project) before the independence and six afterwards. All of them avoided Ram Setu. This is the first proposal of 'alignment 6' that touches the Ram Setu," the Bench observed.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Govt_to_respond_to_SC_call_on_Ram_setu_next_week/articleshow/3276329.cms<BR/><BR/><BR/>From Dr Kalyanaraman's note :-<BR/><BR/>He cites Kamba Ramayana out of context and fails to refer to the evidences provided by Skanda Purana, Kalidasa's Raghuvams'a, Mahabharata, apart from Valmiki Ramayana, Sangam literature texts like Akananooru, and even the 19th century verse of Pamban Swamigal. He also fails to acknowledge the references cited in Madras HC judgemennt of 19 June 2007, citing cartographic (maps), Marco Polo, Al Beruni, Royal Asiatic Researc papers, epigraphs of Rameshwaram temple, epigraphs on Velanjeri copper plate of Parantaka Chola referring to the Setu and the fact that it functioned as a causeway for people to cross between Talaimannar of Srilanka to Rameshwaram of India. Narimaan also ignores the puja vidhanam mentioned in Skanda Purana; he does not have to teach the faithful on modes of prayer at Dhanushkodi. That the Rama Setu is supported by an enormous body of living tradition (as evidenced by the affidavits from Rameshwaram temple, Rameshwaram fisherfolk, apart from volumes of documentation submitted to the Court), cannot be wished away by anecdotal references taken out of context. What Kamban reports is a continual phenomenon of breaches to the Rama Setu as was the epigraph in Rameshwaram temple reporting breaches at three places during the 1480 cyclone (clearly demonstrating that until that year, the Rama Setu served as a bridge used by pilgrims to go across from Rameshwaram Shiva temple to Tirukkedeeswaram Shiva Temple. Skanda Purana notes and confirmed by Pamban Swamigal that there is a third shivalingam installed on the Rama Setu itself. It is the responsibility of marine archaeology win of Archaeological Survey of India to find tis shivalingam and associated mandiram on the Setu. Affidavits have also been filed showing that earlier generation pilgrims used to go this Setu Shivamandiram praying for children and fulfilling their sankalpa venerating their ancestors. This together with Gangasagar are the places where during the month of Ashadha amavasya offerings are made to the pitru-s, ancestors by offering sankalpam and tarpanam. Every year about 5 lakh pilgrims go on ashadha amavasya day to Rama Setu. This living tradition cannot be wished away by hypocritical, twisted references by the learned counsel of the Union of India. This Setu is a matter of fait not only for Hindus but also for Christians, Buddhists and Muslims. A Muslim family has given an affidavit that they celebrate marriages in their families singing the glory of Sri Rama remembering that their ancestors came from Ayodhya.Jayasree Saranathan https://www.blogger.com/profile/01048252011566427834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442555339667770589.post-76206399999679514292008-07-26T14:42:00.000+05:302008-07-26T14:42:00.000+05:30thanks jayashree for the post. as i commented earl...thanks jayashree for the post. as i commented earlier i was looking for it the day the submission was made. mr.k would not stop to give a reference to the tv journalist. he said go and look up a the book.<BR/><BR/>// Narimaan is hiding the fact that until 1480(when a cyclone<BR/>caused breaches as recorded on an epigraph) the Setu served as a<BR/>bridge between Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar as recorded in Royal<BR/>Asiatic Researches and Rameshwaram temple epigraphs. //<BR/><BR/>just what is this evidence? if it is specific and detailed it would be an irrefutable evidence isn't it?திவாண்ணாhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134281806497616503noreply@blogger.com