Rama Setu: India’s Unique Symbol and a National Identity
After a lot of efforts, Lord Rama learns about Sita’s abduction by Ravana and that she is been held captive in Ashok Vatika (Lanka). Rama reaches the island (now called Rameshwaram) and stands at the shores of the sea, in despair, and looks at the unending vastness of the sea, with angst and helplessness, wondering how can this giant blue be crossed? He then fasts, meditates, and prays to Lord of Sea, Varuna continuously for three days. Infuriated by the unbearable silence of the sea, Rama picks up his fierce Brahmastra and shoots the arrow into the sea. After all, it was not an ordinary arrow and Rama was not an ordinary hero. The firing of the arrow caused the water to burn and the earth to explode. Hundreds of meteorites ignited in the sky, mountains rose and the strong winds swayed and toppled the trees. तिर्यक् च सह नक्षत्रैः सम्गतौ चन्द्रभास्करौ | भास्करांशुभिरादीप्तम् तमसा च समावृतम् || २ - २२ - ८ प्रचकाशे तदाकाशमुल्काशतविदीपितम् | अन्तरिक्षाच्च निर्घाता निर्जग...