Friday, 26 October 2007

From Nimisha Mistry, Rugby

A mythology? Well, that is what some would naively call the ancient Hindu scriptures and the stories of Sri Rama and Sri Krishna. The fact is, these stories are far from being myths – they are indisputably genuine! One of the many proofs being the Setubandh (bridge) which still exists from when it was built approximately 9300 years ago. I believe the reason why it is still visible long since its construction is because it was initiated and made by Lord Rama himself with the help of his Vanara army. This bridge that exists between India and Sri Lanka must not me destroyed because that would be as sinful as disrespecting one’s religion and religious beliefs. A suggestion of this sort would be seen as outrageous in other worldly religions, so why can such ideas be even considered by the Indian government? Sri Hanumanji engraved the Lord’s holy name on each individual stone that holds the Setubandh together and Hindus believe he did so with the intention of engraving the Lord’s name in our hearts…if only we looked within to realise this, we would do anything to protect the holy Setubandh.

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