[wideminded]

Many Hindus oppose the £250 million scheme because the proposed shipping lane would demolish a submerged stretch of limestone shoals that Hindus believe was constructed by Lord Ram to rescue his kidnapped wife, Sita. They want the Ram Setu to be declared an ancient protected monument. The controversy over the fate of Ram Setu – Adam’s Bridge as it is known to nonbelievers – has dragged on for years, but is reaching a climax.

"Adam's Bridge, known in India as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of limestone shoals, between the islands of Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram, off the southeastern coast of India.

"The bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (southwest) from the Palk Strait (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only 3 ft to 30 ft (1 m to 10 m) deep in places, which hinders navigation." - Wikipedia

[SatinDoll]

Fifteen thousand years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, that geologic formation known as Adam’s Bridge would have been above sea level. (Sea level has risen approximately 500 feet since the large ice masses began melting.)

In fact, present day Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was a penninsula of land attached to the Indian subcontinent during that long ago Ice Age. The stories of ancient Hinduism are no more fanciful or outrageous than that of our Christian Bible, but rather indicative of a lost and very, very ancient civilization.

[Tax-chick]

It seems to me that an underwater feature like that would be extremely significant to the marine environment and wildlife.