destroying rama's bridge is high on the agenda of the 'dravidians' and other christists.
benefit: nil
costs: high
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Burning our Bridges with the Sacred Environment
http://www.hinduhumanrights.org/India/SacredBridge.html
In Hindu tradition, our entire environment is regarded as sacred and there are specific instances which provide important symbols for this. Witness the reverence Hinduism has for the great rivers - for example the sacred Ganga river - for their life giving and life sustaining qualities, the mountains which source these life giving forces and provide protection and indeed the whole land which is regarded as the Mother in addition to the regard for the millions of plants and animals. The Rama Sethu land formation (also known as Adam's Bridge), linking southern India to northern Sri Lanka, is an example of such a sacred symbol which is revered in Hindu tradition as the bridge constructed by Lord Rama and his army to cross into Lanka and defeat the demon Ravana.
India has recently revived the idea of having the Sethusamudram canal built between itself and Sri Lanka. This means digging a big hole through the Rama Sethu Bridge and effectively destroying it. The economic benefits are said to be enormous as it will allow maritime vessels to no longer be compelled to circumnavigate Sri Lanka, but sail directly between the two countries, thus boosting trade. In practice it will save at most just a day in travel time. There are also high economic costs - estimated at hundreds of millions of Rupees which will probably escalate into billions by the time the project is completed. But there are non-economic costs too, the first of which is the offence caused to Hindus for destroying a traditional place of pilgrimage and worship. This is comparable to a recent news story from the USA which we highlighted here in HHR http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1505736.ece
where the American courts disallowed the use of sewage for artificial snow on a sacred mountain used as a place of worship and pilgrimage by the Native American people.
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2 comments:
Will you guys make up your mind?
This project not only boosts the Indian economy but it also enhances India's national security.
Especially if the ChiComs are building a naval base in Sri Lanka.
If this project had been rejected, you would no doubt be blaming Sonja, Karat et al for their alleigance to Rome and Beijing.
dont know about "you guys", whoever they are. i personally have always opposed this project because it's a tamil boondoggle. t r baalu thinks that if he does this, lots of ships will go to his beloved tuticorin. this is an expensive gamble, and by no means obvious. on the contrary, ocean scientists have shown that rama's bridge prevented the last tsunami from devastating the kerala coast.
it's not at all obvious that this will do a thing for india's economy.
face it, these 'dravidians' are raving lunatics, and they do everything possible to demonstrate their anti-hindu credentials. destroying rama's bridge is part of that routine.
i fear you are talking through your (tamil?) hat, tallindian.
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