Adam's Bridge

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chain of shoals geological formation landform tourist attraction

Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between India and Sri Lanka that has inspired both geological interest and mythological associations with the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Adam's Bridge canonical 2
Adam's Bridge (Ram Setu) 1
Adam's Bridge chain of shoals 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chain of shoals ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
landform ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo Rameswaram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thalaimannar NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ram Setu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rama Setu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rama's Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Setubandha NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Rama NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMyth bridge built by Rama's army of vanaras ⓘ
associatedWithText Ramayana NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects Mannar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pamban Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance important pilgrimage-related site for many Hindus ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel mostly shallow ⓘ
formationProcess coral growth ⓘ
sediment deposition ⓘ
wave action ⓘ
geologicalOrigin natural formation ⓘ
hasDebateOn whether it is man-made or natural ⓘ
hasPart limestone shoal ⓘ
sandbank ⓘ
length approximately 30 miles ⓘ
approximately 48 kilometres ⓘ
locatedBetween India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Palk Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInState Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
mapFeatureClass shoal chain ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
mentionedIn Sri Lankan and Indian folklore ⓘ
navigability not navigable for large ships ⓘ
near Mannar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pamban Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedStatus partly within Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park vicinity ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Hindus ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Gulf of Mannar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palk Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project controversy ⓘ
archaeological speculation ⓘ
environmental debates ⓘ
geological studies ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palk Strait → connectedVia → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
Palk Strait → hasFeature → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adam's Bridge chain of shoals
Rama → associatedStructure → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rama Setu
Ramanathaswamy Temple → near → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adam's Bridge (Ram Setu)
Gulf of Mannar → separatedBy → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
Gulf of Mannar → separatedBy → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rama's Bridge
Dhanushkodi Beach → associatedWith → Adam's Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rama Sethu