‘Who goes to the sea to worship Ramasetu?’ In answer to this question put by the Supreme Court, the former Central Minister and president of Janata Party Subrahmanyam Swami, said that one doesn’t go the sun when he worships the Sun god.
The Swami’s answer left the three magistrates on the bench (headed by the Chief Justice) completely dumbfounded. He explained to the court how the dredging Machines of Holland meant for digging Ramasetu were damaged repeatedly. He said that this was a question of the faith of one billion Hindu in the world. Even the cranes which were brought to extricate the broken parts of the dredging machine were broken. Finally, the official employed a crane with the word ‘Hanumana’ written on it. This too failed in extricating the broken parts. After this, a Russian dredging specialist was called who broke his feet during the operation. The judges smiled as they listened to these arguments of Dr. Swami. He said that the same thing was repeated after this. A legislator who got a pooja-patha ceremony arranged for this purpose, died due a heart-attack the very next day. After hearing this the judges were a bit perturbed and asked him what he wanted them to do. Dr. Swami replied, “My Lord! I want you to cancel the Setu Samudrem Project declaring Ramasetu as a question of faith and religious sentiments. We are not against a short water route between Srilanka and India, but let such a channel be chosen as would not harm Ramasetu.” During the course of the debate, Dr. Swami mentioned many such documents in which the government has acknowledge the existence of Ramasetu.
A book issued by the Prime Minister’s office has acknowledged the fact that Ramasetu is man-made. The Tamilnadu bound Shatabdi train also displays in writing the fact that the water of Rameshwaram has the blessing of the Lord Rama’s lotus feet, because it was from here that Lord Rama launched an attack on Lanka with the ape-forces to free Sita. He said that if the Tamil Nadu government can allow the jallikatt (bull-fight) to go on far the sake of the people’s sentiments and traditions, why can’t a separate route be chosen for making a canal and leave Ramasetu alone?
The Swami’s answer left the three magistrates on the bench (headed by the Chief Justice) completely dumbfounded. He explained to the court how the dredging Machines of Holland meant for digging Ramasetu were damaged repeatedly. He said that this was a question of the faith of one billion Hindu in the world. Even the cranes which were brought to extricate the broken parts of the dredging machine were broken. Finally, the official employed a crane with the word ‘Hanumana’ written on it. This too failed in extricating the broken parts. After this, a Russian dredging specialist was called who broke his feet during the operation. The judges smiled as they listened to these arguments of Dr. Swami. He said that the same thing was repeated after this. A legislator who got a pooja-patha ceremony arranged for this purpose, died due a heart-attack the very next day. After hearing this the judges were a bit perturbed and asked him what he wanted them to do. Dr. Swami replied, “My Lord! I want you to cancel the Setu Samudrem Project declaring Ramasetu as a question of faith and religious sentiments. We are not against a short water route between Srilanka and India, but let such a channel be chosen as would not harm Ramasetu.” During the course of the debate, Dr. Swami mentioned many such documents in which the government has acknowledge the existence of Ramasetu.
A book issued by the Prime Minister’s office has acknowledged the fact that Ramasetu is man-made. The Tamilnadu bound Shatabdi train also displays in writing the fact that the water of Rameshwaram has the blessing of the Lord Rama’s lotus feet, because it was from here that Lord Rama launched an attack on Lanka with the ape-forces to free Sita. He said that if the Tamil Nadu government can allow the jallikatt (bull-fight) to go on far the sake of the people’s sentiments and traditions, why can’t a separate route be chosen for making a canal and leave Ramasetu alone?
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