Hindu’s unanimous voice in Ram-Sethu get Victory.

Hindu’s unanimous voice in Ram-Sethu get Victory.

Supreme Court of India after a virtual religious discourse on the sacredness of Ram Sethu for two days and the apprehensions about a deep wound that would be inflicted on 100 crore Hindus if it was dredged, the Supreme Court on Thursday [8-5-2008] implored the government to explore the possibility of an in-depth study of the Sethu by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
This appeared to be in consonance with the demands of the petitioners who had said that the government was going ahead with the project without determining through an ASI study whether Ram Sethu — believed to be built by Lord Ram as a causeway to land in Lanka to rescue Sita from the clutches of demon Ravana — could classify as an ancient monument. A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices R V Raveendran, before adjourning hearing of the matter till July 22, asked the government to explore the possibility of an ASI study of Ram Sethu.



The petitioners, who have challenged the validity of the present alignment of the Sethusamudram Project that proposes dredging a channel having a width of 300 m on Rama Sethu to shorten the shipping distance between the western and eastern ports, have another reason to be happy. The court asked senior advocate Fali S Nariman to impress upon the Centre to examine the viability of an alternative alignment. This suggestion came from the Bench after Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy pointed out the fallacies in the decision of the Centre to go ahead with the project ostensibly under pressure from ally DMK. With the court restraining any dredging till further orders, this long adjournment along with the suggestions for an in-depth ASI study and consideration of an alternative alignment would be sure to delay the project, despite the government filing an application in the apex court seeking vacation of the interim stay order. Petitioners against project want ASI study to determine if Rama Sethu can be deemed an ancient monument


Court asks govt to consider ASI study and alternative alignment. Adjourns hearing to July 22.

Like worship place of Muslims Ka’ba, and Christians worship place of Bethlehem, Ram-Sethu is also a worship place of Hindus, which was built by the Hindu King Lord Rama . The Government of India should declare early that Ram-Sethu as an ancient monument of Hindus.