tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75043849693182082792011-04-22T04:20:35.757+05:30Ram Setu: Why should the heritage be destroyed?Sarvesh Tiwarinoreply@blogger.comBlogger1921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504384969318208279.post-44123628641853598262008-11-01T11:15:00.001+05:302008-11-01T11:18:28.168+05:30

http://bharatendu.com/2008/10/30/madhuravijaya/duritaikaparam tuluShkanAtham drutamutkhAya jagat-trayaika-shalyampratiropaya rAmasetu madhye vijaya-stambha-shatAni bAhushAlinO mighty and brave king! Go forth then, and without further delay uproot from my lands this Kingdom of turuShka-s, pain to the three worlds. Go forth my dear Lord, and securing your victory, establish One Hundred Victory

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This interesting reference to rAma setu comes from one of those trifling and forgotten episodes, which although insignificant in detail, change the course of history.One dark night a contingent of armed men, under a crimson flag decorated with golden garuDa, the royal insignia of mAlava country, was swiftly riding on the wild banks of vetrAvatI (betavA) along with a prisoner and an

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New Delhi, Oct 14: Giving a new twist to the Sethusamudram project controversy, the government has contended before the Supreme Court that the mythological Rama Setu bridge is not an "essential" and "integral" part of Hindu religion."It has not been proved undoubtedly to be the belief of the Hindu community that Lord Rama did not himself break the bridge. Nor has it been established that whatever

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Representing the Union of India in the Supreme Court, Senior Attorney Fali Nariman was reported to have stated the following: “the Padma Purana states Lord Rama broke the bridge after rescuing Sita. And according to the Hindu faith, something that is broken cannot be worshipped” and “This is why nobody has till date declared it a monument.”This statement prompted us to look into the original

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Representing the Union of India in the Supreme Court, Senior Attorney Fali Nariman was reported to have stated the following: “the Padma Purana states Lord Rama broke the bridge after rescuing Sita. And according to the Hindu faith, something that is broken cannot be worshipped” and “This is why nobody has till date declared it a monument.”This statement prompted us to look into the original

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CNN IBN, New Delhi: It's a divide which the Government is finding difficult to bridge. The DMK is breathing down its neck to fast forward the Sethusamundram project, but the Congress knows that a green signal to the project could mean a difficult political road ahead.For now, however, it has found a way out. The Government is buying time by setting up a six-member commiittee headed by

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Fali Nariman is lying (or bluffing) in the supreme court on behalf of his DMK-Congress masters. Just completed the reference check in padma mahApurANa, and the lawyer is a liar.The padma purANa comprises of 55,000 shloka-s arranged into 5 books: sR^iShTi-khaNDa, bhUmi-khaNDa, swarga khaNDa, uttama khaNDa and pAtAla khaNDa. The last book, the pAtAla khaNDa, contains among other subjects, a

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New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the Ram Setu “cannot be worshipped” since it was broken by Lord Ram himself. Central government counsel Fali S. Nariman also told a bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that the government has withdrawn from the court its earlier affidavit that doubted the existence of Lord Ram “in extraneous

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New Delhi, July 22 2008. The HinduIt has not complied with court directions, says Subramanian SwamyIt’s contempt of court: Jayalalithaa counselNEERI clearance came before tsunami: Dandi SwamiNew Delhi: The Centre is likely to spell out on Wednesday its stand on the Supreme Court’s suggestion that it explore the possibility of finding an alternative alignment or any other route for the

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Speaking against the Trust Motion, The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani brought up the issue of the Sethusamudram shipping canal project and the government's affidavit in the Supreme Court putting a question mark on the existence of Lord Ram.At this, the speaker intervened to ask whether or not it was "sub judice".Advani replied by saying that the government was forced to withdraw the

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New Delhi 7/21/2008Ahead of crucial trust vote, the government bows to pressure from its ally -- the DMK -- to file affidavit to allow work on the Sethusamudram project.Government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court tomorrow asking for work to progress on Sethusamudaram project. Government is also planning to submit that ASI survey is not important. Thegovernment's turnaround -

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By Sri Ram, Organiser June 22 2008Even in the latest affidavit they have said: "No archaeological studies have been conducted. It is not possible to say or indicate the outcome in the event such investigations are carried out." Thereby they tried to remove archaeological work at the site because of the humiliation they underwent due to their own anti-Hindu stance, but the court order has shown

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by mAnasa-taraMgiNIAn exchange with my acquaintance SRA on apotropaic rites related to temples prompted me to record this brief note. The light of the theravAda bauddha-s, the mighty king parAkrama-bAhu the Great (i.e. parAkrama-bAhu-I), came to power in Shri Lanka around 1153 CE. Few years after he came to the throne, he sent emissaries to other theravAda bauddha kings in Asia to announce his

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Dr. S Kalyanaraman receiving the award from Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi.Seated on the stage, from left: Sri Tarun Vijay, Sri Vedantam, Dr. Kalyanaraman, Dr. MM Joshi, Sri Sresh Sonihttp://www.bridgeofram.com/2008/06/dr-s-kalyanaraman-awarded-19th-dr.html

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Sunday June 08 2008 Kolkata:Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, President of Rama Setu Raksha Manch and Director of Saraswati Shodh Sansthan, received the 19th annual Dr. Hedgewar Praj~na Samman award. Former Union Minister Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi presided over the function held at the Kalamandira Prekshagriha. The award is given every year to an eminent scholar for lifelong contribution to Indic research by

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A senior British official had sought national monument status for the Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge off the Tamil Nadu coast almost a century ago.Lord Pentlen, who was the governor of the Madras presidency between 1912 and 1919, had written to the then Indian Viceroy Lord Hardinge in December 1914 to have an archaeological study conducted on the Ram Sethu - between Rameshwaram, in India, and Sri

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(High level summary)Dr. Swamy started with introductory remarks to show Rama Sethu matter in perspective. He got interested in the problems Hindu Society is facing after Kanchi Sankaracharya was arrested on foisted charges and jailed like a common criminal, for which Supreme Court of India found no prima facie charges. It brought his attention to the forces that are working to undermine Hindu

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By Sarvesh K Tiwari on http://bharatendu.wordpress.com/From astronomy to legal system, music to statecraft, linguistics to mathematics, medicine to architecture, metaphysics to politics, from the art of war to the science of love: apparently not much escaped the ancient Hindus without being committed into the human knowledge in form of the most profound and erudite thesis upon the subject. The

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Pioneer 18 May 2008Rama: His historicity, mandir and setuEvidence of Literature, Archaeology and other SciencesB.B. LalAryan Books International, 2008, pp. 99; Price: Rs. 190.Archaeology, long given the step-sisterly treatment by Marxist historians, now finds itself at the high table of history, as it alone can deliver a credible verdict on whether the Ram Setu shows evidence of human

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why did hanumAna not kill rAvANa, since he had encountered that demon before? (In fact, in Thai traditions, rAvaNa is actually slain by hanumAna)mahAbhArata provides a convincing answer.The second pAnDava, bhImasena, posed this interesting question to anjaneya his spiritual brother, when bhIma met him on his course to fetch a celestial flower for draupadi....Witnessing that dreadful and wonderful

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Smt Sandhya Jain in Daily PioneerThe current controversy over Ram Setu presents an ideal opportunity to probe the reality of a god whose human incarnation is central to Hindu faith. The deity who inspired a footbridge wide enough for an army to cross the Palk Straits poses a powerful challenge to historians who hold that India's first political states were the 16 mahajanapadas that fought to

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mystical, ancient land-link between India and Sri Lanka is under threat, writes Kerry van der Jagt in The Sun-HeraldThe much-loved story of Ramayana, a famous epic of ancient India, is as timeless as history itself. It is a story of courage that embodies a moral code of ethics and culminates in the triumph of good over evil. In dance performances depicting Rama's life, the story tells of how the

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Wrote Dr. S. Kalyanaraman:Six coincidencesCho Balakrishnan, a Congress MLA of Ramanathapuram District went to break the coconut inaugurating Setusamudram project work. He had a heart attack and died the same evening.The Aquarium dreger of Dredging International of Belgium was engaged to break the Rama Setu. Its spud broke and the 50-tonne elephant like metal scrap is still lying on Sandbank 6 of

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सेतुसमुद्रम परियोजना पर उच्चतम न्यायालय के नए निर्देश रामसेतु के भविष्य को लेकर चिंतित जन समुदाय के साथ-साथ केंद्रीय सत्ता को भी राहत देने वाले हैं। इस विवादित परियोजना पर उच्चतम न्यायालय का अंतिम निर्णय कुछ भी हो, हाल-फिलहाल उन लोगों की मंशा नहीं पूरी होने वाली जो विकास की दुहाई देकर रामसेतु को छिन्न-भिन्न करने के लिए बेकरार थे। इस बेकरारी का सबसे बड़ा सबूत यह है कि तमाम अनुरोध, आग्रह और विरोध

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Dainik Jagran May 10, 2008नई दिल्ली, जागरण ब्यूरो : संप्रग सरकार की अगुवाई कर रही कांग्रेस रामसेतु मामले में अब फूंक-फूंक कर कदम रख रही है। वह ऐसा कोई कदम नहीं उठाना चाहती जिससे सरकार के लिए नई मुसीबत पैदा हो। इसलिए यह उम्मीद कम ही है कि रामसेतु के लिए वैकल्पिक मार्ग तलाशने की संभावनाओं पर सरकार अपनी तरफ से कोई पहल करेगी। कांग्रेस से मिले संकेतों से साफ है कि इस संवेदनशील मामले में सरकार

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Dr. S KalyanaramanHere is an account of the happenings in the Supreme Court on Rama Setu protection case and the consequent introspections on why Rama Setu should be protected despite the bogus, baseless arguments advanced on grounds of non-existent abhyudayam.When Court asked Senior Advocate Shri Parasaran as to why he was arguing on 'this' side (that is, the side of the petitioners seeking

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Daily Peioneer New DelhiExplore alternative route, Govt toldThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union Government to consider holding an archaeological survey to ascertain whether the Ram Setu can be declared an "ancient monument". The court also asked the Centre to examine the possibility of carrying out the project through other alignments."There is a specific direction of the Madras High

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Wednesday 07 May 2008, New Delhi, News Post IndiaThe Supreme Court Wednesday had to contend with a blunt answer to its poser as to who goes to the Rama Sethu in the sea to worship it. 'We all worship the sun. But we don't go to the sun to worship it,' said former union minister Subramanian Swamy.Speaking before the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Swamy passionately opposed the proposed

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On Second day of the hearing in the sethusamudram case, various senior counsels submitted before the Supreme Court bench that Rama Sethu is of a matter of faith for Hindus, and therefore scope of the court is limited to deciding whether or not it falls under the article 25 of the law.On his part, the bench and particularly Justice R.V. Raveendran posed whether religious beliefs should be allowed

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2 May 2008, 0259 hrs IST,TNNNEW DELHI: The Centre may end up dealing with sticky issues of religion and faith in SC to justify its eagerness to go ahead with the controversial Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, virtually stalled because of a judicial stay on dredging Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge.It had avoided dealing with these issues in its affidavit saying matters of faith and religion could

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The Hindu: Faith can't be questioned or probed: Venugopal J. Venkatesan (The Hindu, May 2, 2008)"800 million people believe Ramar Sethu was built by Lord Ram. Can court go into the issue whether he existed?"People believe Christ was crucified at a particular place. Can this be probed?NIOT report indicates that Ramar Sethu was man madeNew Delhi: There is considerable scientific and historical

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New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing on the controversial Sethusamudram project following confusion that the matter will be heard on May 1.A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan agreed to hear the matter on Thursday after Janata Party President Subramanium Swamy and lawyers for other petitioners brought to its notice that there was some confusion about

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GP.SRINIVASAN Correspondent, Hinduvoice, from Camp. Rameswaram.On 12.2.1948 Mahatma Gandhi's asti was immersed in Danushkodi .If Sethu is not a sacred place why should it be immersed here? There is famous saying "Mannum Sethu". The earth taken from Sethu maddhi is very important, where ashes of the dead are immersed.Ashes of famous political leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Rajendra Prasad,

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Press Release:Janata Party President and former Union Cabinet Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy today circulated a letter to the petitioners in the Rama Setu case in the Supreme Court to seek time on Monday [when the Union of India is making a mention before the Chief Justice for a priority listing] to file an interloculatory application to extend the Stay granted on August 31,2007 against the

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Saturday, April 26, 2008 (Dinamani Tamil daily)It is learnt that PM's office has asked CBI for an inquiry about commercial dealings of Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, TR Baalu and his family members. It is expected that it may be necessary for PM to respond in a day or two in the Parliament on this subject. To prepare himself for this contingency, PM has reportedly asked for specific

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chennaionline.com Thursday, April 24, 2008New Delhi: The issue of Shipping Minister T R Baalu allegedly asking GAIL to provide gas to companies with which his family was associated today snowballed, leading to adjournment of the Rajya Sabha for the day, while AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for ''aiding and abetting'' him. During the

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The Pioneer Edit DeskUnion Shipping and Surface Transport Minister TR Baalu, who is also a confidant of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, is no stranger to controversies that raise serious doubts about his integrity quotient. In the past he has shown remarkable interest in pushing the disastrous Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project in defiance of popular outrage. Mr Baalu's critics insist that creating a

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April 15th, a day prior to the Rama Navami the birthday of Sri Rama, was when a bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan was hearing the arguments from the petitioners on the Sethusamudram project.Justice R V Raveendran said that Ram Sethu, cannot be called a place of worship, though it may be a sacred structure. "Who says it (Ram Sethu) is a place of worship? Who goes to

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It could not be timed more appropriately by the project promoters, who announced the trial navigation plan on Rama Navami - the day when Hindus were celebrating the birthday of Lord Rama all over the world. Similarly, on Rama Navami day last year, they had dispatched the dredger ships to Rama Setu. Meanwhile Supreme court would hear the case later today.15 Apr 2008, Times Of India, Ajitha

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New Delhi, Apr 10, 2008, The Hindu: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to direct the Centre to scrap the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project altogether if the government could not proceed with it without destroying Ramar Sethu (Adam’s Bridge).In his counter to the Centre’s response seeking to vacate the interim stay on dredging across Ramar Sethu, Dr.

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Kalavai Venkat on India ForumThe Rama Setu controversy has been rocking India for the last many months. Hindus believe that Sri Rama built a bridge to Sri Lanka, and hence the place is sacred. The government wants to dredge the channel and obliterate the formation. The controversial ex-JNU historian Romila Thapar recently (The Hindu, September 28, 2007) dismissed the historicity of Rama because

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The Shiromani Committee of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, an apex body of the organisation, has condemned the ban imposed by the Government of France on wearing turban by the Sikh students and described it as an open violation of the human rights. The committee, which met in Shri Guru Harikishan Secondary School, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) from March 8 to 9, further said the ban on turban is part of the

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E-voting for Ram SethuSMS "ram" to 53030, to support the demand of decaring Rama Sethu a heritage site. Please send this information to your friends.Ram Sethu Raksha Manch has started electronic voting to get the Ram Sethu declared an international monument. Inaugurating the e-voting in Delhi, Shri Vinod Bansal, media incharge of Indraprastha VHP, appealed to the people to write “ram” in the

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By Sri Vedaprakash March 16, 2008Ramayana once again[1]!: Ever since the Sethu-Samuthram controversy has cropped up, the Dravidian ideologists, Karu's Court Historians[2] and others ganged up together circulating the old-stories as authentic histories. Of course, the propaganda carried on by this hysterical gang has parallel only in Hitler's camp. Of course, any reader can note it is the Black

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A brilliant series of articles on the Sethusamudram project have won Mint’s Priyanka Narain the CNN Young Journalist of the Year award for 2007.In September 2007, Priyanka authored a four-part series on the environmental and economic implications of the Sethusamudram project. That, along with a follow-up on the budget far exceeding projections and loans unlikely to be honoured, have forced

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Govt considered using explosives though project okay specified ‘no blasting’Fishermen were aghast at the report and said they feared their livelihoods may blow up with the bridgePriyanka P. Narain on MintMumbai: A report by a government-appointed committee on the Sethusamudram project says adequate research has been done to understand the underwater geology and marine environment off India’s

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M Aruloli & S Raja on New India PressMADURAI/RAMANATHAPURAM: As the Union Government shrugged off its hesitation on the Ramar Sethu issue and expressed its readiness to go ahead with the Sethusamudram Project in its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the anti-Sethu movements have now raked up a much stronger issue relating to the silent increase of the Government of India's share as per the

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Click Here to read the whole paper.document.write(''); Read this doc on Scribd: Oil Spill and Sethusamudram var scribd_doc = new scribd.Document(2230613, 'key-2fznp3yk4uhmycizpvyj'); scribd_doc.addParam('height', 500); scribd_doc.addParam('width', 450); scribd_doc.addParam('page', 1); scribd_doc.addParam('mode', 'list'); scribd_doc.write('

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Sat, Mar 1 2008. 12:28 AM IST Livemint.com The Union government filed its affidavit in the Supreme Court without addressing a key question: is the Adam’s Bridge, or Ram Sethu, man-made or natural?Malathi Nayak and Krishnamurthy RamasubbuNew Delhi, March 1, 2008: After weeks of dithering, seeking extensions and withdrawing previously filed affidavits, the Union government filed its affidavit in

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Does anything else interest our political parties, especially Congress and UPA allies other than politics? Things like National Interest? Reigious sentiments of people?The latest news suggests that UPA Govt has submitted its updated affidavit in the Supreme Court for the hearing on March 5 deadline, in which they are:- asserting that there is no evidence to determine whether Ram Sethu is man-made

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Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (September 23, 1908 - April 24, 1974) was a nationalistic Hindi poet, who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He emerged as a rebellious voice with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days, exuding veer rasa, and naturally he has been hailed as a "Rashtrakavi" ("National poet") in the same class as Subramanyam Bharati or Maithili Sharan

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The Hindu reported from CHENNAI:The Sethusamudram project will run the Indian government into immeasurable debt as little attention has been paid to scientific and shipping data, a panel of scientists and experts from the Coastal Action Network concluded at the release of their book on the project.They claim little attention has been paid to scientific and shipping data.While weight restrictions

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I suggest the readers to visit this blog by Jayasree, which has several wonderful monographs related to Rama Sethu in particular and Sanatan Dharma in general.

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New Delhi (PTI): The Shipping Ministry has decided to go ahead with the Sethusamudram project without waiting for an archaeological survey even as differences within the government on the issue persist.At a meeting of the Group of Ministers, Shipping Minister T R Baalu is understood to have pressed for giving the controversial project the green signal without waiting for the survey as favoured by

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Pioneer.com, Santanu Banerjee, New DelhiRisking the Left and the DMK wrath, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has informed CPI general secretary AB Bardhan that the UPA Government may not go ahead with Sethusamudram project.Bardhan, who met Sonia on Monday, was told that the Centre was reluctant to pursue the project as it would provide the BJP with an emotive issue in the run up to the next

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This blog by Ms Jayasree Saranathan provides various curious and intriguing details of relevance to Rama Setu issue from tradition and scriptures. Please visit.

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Communists continue their cheeky games. State units of the CPI (M) and the CPI on Monday urged the Centre to go ahead with the implementation of the Sethusamudram project, “a 150-year old dream of the people of Tamil Nadu.”In a joint statement here, N. Varadarajan and D. Pandian, secretary of the CPI (M) and CPI, said recent statements by Congress leaders had raised a question mark on the project

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Of all the services, that the royal family of Sethupathi-s, the dynasty of Ramnad, has done to India, the most important was that of financing the visit of Swami Vivekananda in 1893 to Chicago, to address the World Religions Conference.Initially, it was Bhaskara Setupati as the Raja of Ramnad, who had earlier decided to go to US to attend the Parliament of Religions as the representative of

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Will Rajnikanth enter politics? It has been asked many times over, and the man in question himself has been ambiguous and obtuse about it, leaving the conundrum unresolved to a satisfaction.However one of the issues that maybe impelling him to take the plunge is Ramar Sethu.According to the news channel IBN, which has quoted Rajni’s biographer, Dr Gaythri Sreekanth, the superstar disguised

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Dhananjaya Bhat in Deccan Herald goes back into history to take a look at 'Sethupatis', the royal family who guarded the Rama Sethu.Today when the description of Rama and creation of the Rama Sethu as a myth is creating a furore, it is interesting to note that for thousands of years, there was a royal family in South India with its headquarters at Ramanathapuram near Rameshwaram, known as the

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Rama Setu and Sri Krishna - I: Kamyavana Setu Bandha KundaDharma Mandala Sri Vrindavana-Dhama is one of the most significant pilgrim center for Hindus. It consists of twelve forests on the banks of the holy river Yamuna. Amongst these, Kamyavan forest is considered singularly important by the devotees. Here, in this holy forest of Kamyavana, is this beautiful place known as Setubandha Kunda - and

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5 Feb 2008 on Economic TimesNEW DELHI: The cracks in the ruling alliance in Tamil Nadu widened on Monday after chief minister M Karunanidhi termed ally PMK’s demand for considering an alternative alignment for implementing Sethusamudram as a “conspiracy” against the project. The CM said the suggestion was aimed at “preventing development of the southern parts of the country”.The DMK had so far

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Project website has not been updated for three months; estimates on work completed range 25% to 75%, reports Priyanka P. Narain on Live MintMumbai: Even as the government is expected this week to ask for more time to file an affidavit on the cultural significance of Adam’s Bridge (Ram Sethu), the exact status of the Sethusamudram project remains unclear.The Supreme Court had earlier stayed work

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February 2, 2008 The HinduChennai (PTI): Striking a discordant note with its key ally DMK on the issue of Ram Sethu, the Congress on Friday said that it wanted the implementation of Sethusamudram Shipping canal project, but did not want to hurt the feelings of the believers of the mythological bridge.'Lord Ram is a symbol of Indian culture and every Indian should try to emulate him', Congress

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New Delhi, Feb. 1 2008 The TelegraphThe government has decided to stall the Sethusamudram project by going in for a comprehensive appraisal by the Archaeological Survey of India.The decision was taken yesterday by a group of ministers.The ASI has been tasked with deciding if the setu is a man-made or a natural structure and if it has any cultural significance in the context of India-Sri Lanka

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NEW DELHI: Adding another twist to the Sethusamudram controversy, Director General of the Coast Guard on Thursday said that the project poses a security threat to the country.Vice Admiral RF Cotractor said that there is a strong possibility of the canal being used by militants.Without mentioning the LTTE directly, Contractor said that the narrow canal would put the ships moving through it at a

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Outlook NEW DELHI, JAN 31 (PTI)In a move that could put the controversial Sethusamudram project in cold storage, Culture Minister Ambika Soni today said the ASI could not give a definite view on the project without undertaking some kind of survey.She also said the government would take into consideration various inputs, including the security concerns expressed over the project, before it takes a

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Chennai (PTI)India's Naval Chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, had observed in Chennai last week that the project was "useful only for small ships, and not for the big ships plying on international routes."According to media reports, T R Baalu, in his letter to Antony, had termed Mehta's remarks as "unfortunate".Criticising Union Shipping Minister, T R Baalu, for his strong reactions to observations

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Thursday January 24 2008 00:56 ISTNew India Press K N ArunCHENNAI: The Congress has all but decided to put the skids on the Sethusamudram project. Not because it has lost faith in the project, but because it is concerned about the political fall-out and the possible impact on the electorate in the north India in the next Lok Sabha elections.According to informed sources, the Congress leadership

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1/18/2008The Government is closely looking at a proposal to go ahead with the controversial Sethusamudran project, after all the ministries involved in assessing the project gave their go- ahead saying the Ram Sethu is a natural structure and not man-made. A Cabinet note in available to TIMES NOW says that the Ram Sethu was not made by any mythological person.Significantly, the Cabinet note

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Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari on India ForumIn the previous part of this article, we have seen that the Oil Spill disasters are an imminent danger in Sethusamudram, with a very high probability of occurrence because of its specific attributes. In continuation, we now turn to look at what is at stake in case an Oil Spill disaster takes place in Sethusamudram waters. We first survey the biodiversity in the

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Some images of the massive rally held by Rama Setu Raksha Manch with support from various Hindu organizations on December 30, 2007 at Swarna Jayanti Maidan Rohini, New Delhi. Click on the play button below to start the slideshow:(All credits for the images are to Dainik Jagran Publications)

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More than a hundred thousand people from all across the nation assembled in Swarna jayanti Maidan of Rohini Delhi to launch a massive stir against Sethusamudram project and protect Rama Setu.The rally was a huge success. Different sources place the attendance to different numbers. While Dainik Jagran and Times of India place the number to over 1 Lakhs, other sources make it over 2 Lakhs. Dainik

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Mahakavi Sri Maithili Sharan Gupt is rightly known as the Rashtra Kavi (national poet). His remarkable poetry reflects the deepest national ethos of Bharat and his simple yet impactful words never fail to awaken the patriotic energy of its readers.'Bharat-Bharati' is one of his most towering marvels, which always inspired the freedom fighters and nationalists. It contains the poet's reflections

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Sarvesh Kumar TiwariBy the very nature, ships ply in a high-risk operating environment, and accidents are a painful reality. Since shipping accidents and resulting oil spills can not be simply wished away, there are some pertinent questions to ask – what is the probability of such a disaster in case of the proposed Sethusamudram Channel; What would be the impacts if such a disaster were to happen

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Sri Alpesh Patel{see the complete post at: http://alpesh-mynotebook.blogspot.com/2007/11/shirdi-sai-baba-on-setu-bridge-of.html }...Tonight was reading a book i bought from my Shirdi visit a few days ago, Baba's Rinanubandh. The book deals with Rinanubandh, karmic debt of past lives of Shirdi Sai Baba with his many loved devotees.One devotee that stands apart in Rinanubandh was Shama. Shama was

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bhakti, bhakta, bhagwant, guru - naam chatur bapu ekinke pad-vandan kiye, naashain vighna anek{devotion, devotee, Bhagwan, Guru - four names of the same objectby praying to their holy-feet, all obstacles vanish}Above is the preface of a great medieval work called 'Bhaktamaal', of Sant Sri Nabhadas-ji. Bhaktamaal can be said to be the first ever collection of biographies and narrative of the

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Committee seeks more time to complete its investigation4 November 2007, UNIConsidering the large volume of work, the Expert Committee on Sethusamudram channel project has sought extension of time from government for completion of the project.The Committee, was required to submit its report within one month from the day it started functioning. The Committee has decided to meet again on November

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Sethu panel keeps hearings privateDeccan Chronicle, 1 November 2007Chennai, Oct. 31: The Committee of Eminent Persons on Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project is holding public sittings in Chennai, but there is nothing public about it. The committee proceedings began on Monday at the Malligai bungalow on Greenways Road, where most state ministers and high court judges live and the question that

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Shekhar Dasgupta interviewed M Karunanidhi recently. A couple of questions and responses from the interview:SD: People in the Congress are not happy. They think you made a statement that the Valmiki Ramayan describes Lord Ram as a drunkard.MK: Yes, please read it. Even now I say that Valmiki has written that. What does Valmiki say? He says, ‘Hanuman tells Sita that because of being separated from

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Statement made by Dr.Subramanian Swamy before the Sethusamudram Channel Project Committee on October 31, 2007 in Chennai.1. Since this Committee is of the Respondent Union of India in Transfer Case No. 26&27 in the Supreme Court, my statement may be taken as made to assist the Respondent to draft a revised counter-affidavit to be filed later in Court. My Writ Petition is in the nature of a public

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Personal hearing by Setu Committee, Kalyanaraman held on 31 October 2007 http://kalyan97.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/rama-setu-personal-hearing-by-setu-committee-kalyanaraman/Dr. Kalyanaraman reports:I was surprised that the Committee should ask me to provide them with copies of the Madras HC judgement of 19 June 2007 and references to Setu in Sangam and ancient Tamil texts. In addition to the

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Our letter to the committee.In the notification they had explicitly asked for all the correspondance to be in English only. To protest, we have written to them in Hindi.सेवा में:सेतुसमुद्रम पोतमार्ग परियोजना की विशिष्ट गणमान्य-जन समिति,मालगै, 30/95 पी एस कुमारस्वामी राजा (ग्रीनवेज़) मार्गचेन्नई 600 028माननीय महोदय,विषय: परियोजना-विषयक आपत्तियाँ व सुझावराष्ट्रीय व स्थानीय समाचार पत्रों में

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Unmoved by impeachment talk, SC issues notice to Karunanidhi, Balu - HinduNew Delhi (PTI): Virtually snubbing the Union Transport Minister T R Balu, the Supreme Court on Monday said that it was not bothered if somebody wanted to move an impeachment motion against judges accused of corruption and other irregularities."If they want to file impeachment motion against some judges let them do it. We

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Chennai, 24 October 2007 (Regd. Post Ack. Due)To:Member Secretary, Committee of Eminent Persons on Sethu Samudram Shipping Channel Project, MALLIGAI, No. 30/95, P.S. KUMARASAMY RAJA (GREENWAYS) ROAD, Chennai - 600 028. Tel No. : 044-24959005, 24959006Respected sir,Sub: Request for opportunity for presentation before the CommitteeI request that I be given an opportunity to present a power point

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The Committee of Eminent Persons on Sethu Project has changed its address to receive the petitions, objections and suggestions from the concerned people.People are requested to send their letters at the new address which is:Member Secretary,Committee of Eminent Persons on Sethu Samudram Shipping Channel Project,MALLIGAI, No. 30/95, P.S. KUMARASAMY RAJA (GREENWAYS) ROAD,Chennai - 600 028.Tel No. :

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As was earlier reported, the Government of India had sought three months time from the Supreme Court to examine the Sethusamudram project. They have constituted a committee to look into the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project.This committe had its first meeting yesterday, and has invited objections and suggestions, including from the writ petitioners in the cases in the Supreme Court, on the

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Economic Times, 9 Oct, 2007(This article is based on a larger report titled ‘Review of the Environmental and Economic Challenges of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project' by Sudarshan Rodriguez, Jacob John, Rohan Arthur, Kartik Shanker and Aarthi Sridhar)When the Sethusamudram project was revived, for the nth time, environmentalists expressed their concern that it would cost far more than the

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Times Of India, SALEM, 8 Oct, 2007Dalit Panthers of India, an ally of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, today said it would blow off the Ram Setu if it hindered the implementation of Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project."If Ram Setu was a hindrance for the Sethusamudram project, we would blast it off," DPI leader Thol Tirumavalavan said while addressing a meeting here.

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Times Of India, CHENNAI, 6 Oct 2007.Expressing dismay over not being consulted by the Centre while constituting an advisory committee to review the Sethu Samudaram project, the Rameswaram Ram Setu Protection movement on Saturday said the formation of the committee was not in conformity with the undertakings given by the government in the Supreme Court.The movement, which is spearheading a

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Former Youth Congress chief M S Bitta has sought to take potshots at his own party as also DMK chief M Karunanidhi over Ram Setu, declaring that he was ready to sacrifice his life to save it. Reproduced below is the his interview to Organiser weekly.A nationalist to the core, All India Anti-Terrorist Front Chairman Shri M.S. Bitta is known for taking a bold stand on important issues, even if it

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Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who spent a record 195 days in space, is in India on a visit. The 42-year-old astronaut is cheerfully welcomed by mesmerized crowds wherever she visits. She can be said to be the true Ms India, who has etched her name in the Indian hearts.To the pleasant surprise to many, and to the chagrin of some political quarters, the celebrated NASA astronaut

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Looking at the behaviour of the two chief ministers of the Southern neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, one is reminded of the villains of Mahabharata.Karunanidhi, the TN Chief Minister, goes on a spree of abusing Bhagawan, just like Shishupala did in Mahabharata. Kumaraswami, the Karnatak Chief Minister, denies giving the rightful, openly agreed and pre-negotiated transfer of power

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श्री बलबीर पुंज, दैनिक जागरण मेँ "ब्रितानियों ने बनियों व ब्राह्मणों को सत्ता हस्तांतरित की है इसलिए हम भारत की आजादी नहीं स्वीकार करते।" यह कहना था जस्टिस पार्टी के नेता रामास्वामी पेरियार का। 15 अगस्त, 1947 के स्वतंत्रता दिवस को उन्होंने शोक दिवस के रूप में मनाने का आह्वान किया था। उन्होंने ब्रितानियों के बांटो और राज करो की नीति के अंतर्गत प्रचारित आर्य-द्रविड़ सिद्धांत पर आधारित उत्तर भारत और

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Rajesh Kumar in Pioneer.comNew Delhi Trans-Yamuna residents would continue to take a circuitous route through Ashram or Pragati Maidan to access the heart of the city. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that the tunnel project connecting National Highway 24 to Lodhi Road bypassing Humayun's Tomb and other monuments be shelved for now. The Congress president has advised the Delhi Government

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रामनाम मेरे लिये अमोघ शक्ति है!आत्मार्थी के लिये रामनाम और रामकृपा ही अंतिम साधन है!रामायण-श्रवण, रामायण के प्रति मेरे अत्यधिक प्रेम की बुनियाद है! मै तुलसीदास की रामायण को भक्तिमार्ग का सर्वोत्तम ग्रंथ मानता हूँ!डा. सर्वपल्लि राधाकृष्णन ने बापू से एक बार तीन प्रश्न किये:- आपका धर्म क्या है?- आपके जीवन मे धर्म का क्या प्रभाव है?- सामाजिक जीवन मे इसकी क्या भूमिका है?बापू ने कहा:मेरा धर्म है

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Smt Sandhya Jain in The PioneerOctober 2, 2007Tulsidas marvelled "it is impossible to keep count of the Ramkathas in the world" (Ramkatha kai miti jaga nahi). Valmiki's account of the evolution of Indian society's moral and cultural codes, notions of kingship and the limits of political power, and above all, integration of land and people into a civilisational matrix that enduringly transcended

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Shobha Warrier of Rediff.com spoke to Captain (retired) H Balakrishnan of the Indian Navy to know a mariner's view of the project. Captain Balakrishnan has been associated with the navy for 32 years.He was one of the first batch of three Indian naval officers to do specialisation in anti-submarine warfare in the erstwhile USSR Naval War College.Out of interest, he did a study on the Sethu

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Rediff reported:The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Tamil Nadu government for failing to comply with its order on a bandh call given by the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.The apex court warned the Tamil Nadu government of initiating contempt of court proceedings and said, if necessary, it will not hesitate to summon the chief secretary and the chief minister."Is this the government? Is

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Your Bandh Call Is Illegal. Stop it.The Supreme Court on Sunday passed an unprecedented order restraining the ruling DMK-led coalition of Congress, Communists, PMK etc, from going ahead with its Tamil Nadu bandh on Monday or any other day and warned it not to 'play with fire' as an apex court judgment had already banned bandhs.Hearing an 'urgent' petition filed by DMK's archrival, AIADMK, on a

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