Adam's Bridge (Tamil: ஆதாம் பாலம் ātām pālam), also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (Tamil: இராமர் பாலம் Irāmar pālam, Sanskrit: रामसेतु, rāmasetu),[1] is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.[2]
The bridge is 18 miles (30 km) long[3] and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait
(northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is
very shallow, being only 3 ft to 30 ft (1 m to 10 m) deep in places,
which hinders navigation.[2][4][5]
It was reportedly passable on foot up to the 15th century until storms
deepened the channel: temple records seem to say that Rama’s Bridge was
completely above sea level until it broke in a cyclone in AD 1480
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