Ram Sethu Floating Stone

Patna, Oct 14 2007 : A 'floating stone' of Ram Sethu, the bridge mentioned in Ramayana epic, brought to Patna from Rameshwaram as an evidence to the existence of Rama and the bridge built for him to cross over to Lanka is attracting thousands of devotees everyday. This 'floating stone' presently exhibited on the first floor of Mahavir Mandir is reportedly one of the stones that got scattered at Rameshwaram during Tsunami and similar cyclones. The visitors or devotees so to say, are amazed at the amazing stone.

HUMAN CHAIN FOR PROTECTION OF RAM SETU

HUMAN CHAIN AT HYDERABAD DEMANDING PROTECTION OF RAM SETU
                                                   

A long human chain (Manava haram) of about 12km length from Ganesh Temple at Secunderabad to Bhagyalakshmi Temple at Charminar in old city of Hyderabad stood from 10.30 Hrs. to 11.30Hrs. on 11-12-07 demanding protection of Ram Setu. The event was organized under the aegis of RAMESWARAM RAMA SETU RAKSHA VEDIKA, ANDHRA PRADESH
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Around 10,000 people participated in forming the human chain. Chanting Bhajans, slogans like Jai Shri Ram ; Save Ram Setu reverberated the air. Those participated in the event were from BJP, RSS, VHP, ABVP, BMS, Hindu Vahini and other Hindu Parivar organizations and also from general public.

At 3 places along the human chain leaders of the Hindu Organizations addressed and explained the importance of protecting Ram Setu and exhorted the people to get prepared to participate in large numbers in the 30th December rally at Delhi for protecting Ram Setu. Three prominent Swamijis also participated in the event and
at Ganesh Temple of Secunderabad, Sankaracharya of Puri addressed the people and narrated the historical background and explained the necessity of saving Ram Setu


Report from Samacharbharati, Hyderabad.

Ram Setu Photos From Satellite and Aeroplane

History and Facts About Ram Setu

The ancient holy epic Valmiki Ramayan, there is elaborate description about construction of Setu. Its a great world heritage site India has. The Ram Setu connects the India’s Rameshwaram to Sri Lanka’s Talaimannar. Hindu believe that this ancient bridge was built by Lord Rama, as described in Ramayana.

Apart from Ramayana, the Mahabharata also refers to the continued protection of Nala Setu following Sri Rama’s command. Kalidasa’s Raghuvamsham also refers to the Setu. So does the Skanda Purana(III.1.2.1-114), the Vishnu Purana (IV 4.40-49), the Agni Purana(V-XI), the Brahma Purana (138.1-40).

The core agency, The Geological Survey of India has in its logo, Asetu Himachal, means ….The India from Setu to Himalaya.

The Encyclopedia Britanica defines the bridge thus, “Adam’s Bridge also called Rama’s Bridge, chain of shoals, between the islands of Mannar, near northwestern Sri Lanka and Rameswaram, off the southeastern coast of India”.

Recently NASA satellite images indicates clear picture of a broken bridge under the ocean. The heritage of this Ram Setu and the Story of Lord Rama, both are extremely sacred to Hindus.

The geographically Sethusamudram, is a project to create alternative shorter way for ships to cross the Gulf of Mannar. The project was initiated some 150 years back by a British Commander A D Taylor. In 1955, Govt. of India set up the Sethusamudram Project Committee to assess possibility of the project and about five alternative routes were discussed till 2001. The NDA sanctioned a fund to study the project so as to take final decision on the route but the government lost power.

The official web site of project states that Ships coming from West of India and going to Chennai, Ennore, Vishakapatnama, Haldia and Kolkta have to travel around the Sri Lankan coast resulting in increase of travel distance and time. Therefore, to reduce distances between the east and west coast of India and to improve the navitation within territorial waters of India, a alternate route or channel connecting the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay has been envisaged so that the ships moving between the east and west coasts of India need not go around Sri Lanka. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 2,427 crores.

On the decision to destroy Ramsetu and create an alternative route by Government of India, the Hindus have raised their voice. The Governemnt has changed the metro rail route to protect the Qutub Minar, stops a corridor to protect the Taj Mahal’s surroundings. Even a child knows that a bridge was built by Lord Rama, using floating stones to reach to Lanka to rescue Sita anddestroy the evil regime of Ravana.

The movement started to save Ramsetu at the shores of Rameshwaram on April,2007. Two former judges of Supreme Court, Justice K T Thomas and Justice V R Krishna Iyer, none of them close to the saffron side, have warned the government against destroying the Ram Setu.

Local fishermen, Hindus, Muslims and Christians alike oppose the present route and are demanding alternative channels, which are available. They say the present channel would destroy marine life and corals. This will kill the trade in shankas(Shells) that has a turnover in excess of Rs 150 crore(Rs. 1.5 billion) per annum. Invaluable thorium deposits would be affected, which are too important for our nuclear fuel requirement.

Thus, the issues concern us all, and should be taken up as Indian without getting falling in party lines and political agendas. The Ram Setu or Adam Bridge belongs to all humanity, being an important heritage site; hence the government should not all it to become another issue affecting Hindu sensitivities. Nobody is opposing the Sethu Samudram Project, only a realignment of the route is being asked, as the present one destroys the Rame Setu.

Facts about Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project

The Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP), which envisages dredging a deep water canal across Adam’s Bridge at India’s southern tip, has been in news for all the wrong reasons.

Yet, without negating the divine implications and without questioning people’s beliefs, there is a need to objectively analyse the project and assess whether it in our national interest.
The project, which would cost the exchequer around Rs 3,500 crores, entails building a 300 metre wide and 12 metre deep channel from Gulf of Mannar across the Adam’s bridge all the way to Bay of Bengal beyond Palk Strait off Point Calimere, a distance of about 44 nautical miles, so that the ships from the West Coast of India can transit to the East Coast through the Palk Bay, rather than going round Sri Lanka.
Full coverage: Ram Sethu controversy | War of words over Ram
The protagonists of the project feel that the canal will save precious fuel and save transit time for the ships, and also develop the Tamil Nadu coast. Many feel that the entire traffic from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea to Malacca Strait will eventually take this route.
But the facts are somewhat different. The channel is being dredged so that the ships with up to 10 metres draught can transit through it. But almost all the tankers and bulk carriers from Persian Gulf or the Red Sea and bound for East or South East Asia are much bigger in size, and will not be able to use the channel due to constraints of draught.
Even for those ships that can transit through the canal, except for traffic from Tuticorin to Chennai, the time gained by most of the merchant ships on account of shorter distance will be more than neutralised due to delays that are inherent in transiting through a narrow channel, where pilotage in all probability will be compulsory. The ships will have to anchor and wait for a pilot (a local expert who navigates the ship through confined waters). Time will be wasted in waiting for pilot, embarking him, disembarking him and also due to speed restrictions mandated in a narrow and shallow channel.
If the traffic increases, then the ships will have to queue up as big ships will find it difficult to cross each other in a narrow channel like this. Any fuel saved will be neutralised by Pilotage charges and other charges likely to be levied on ships transiting through this artificially made canal. It is therefore unlikely that any significant shipping is likely to be diverted through this canal, even after it is ready. This poses serious doubts about the financial viability of the project.
From the security point of view, it must be noted that all big ships during their transit from Adam’s Bridge to Point Calimere will be extremely vulnerable to attacks by LTTE, as the ships on account of surrounding shallow waters will be constrained to move at a slow speed and follow a fixed path, which will pass very close to the waters dominated by the LTTE. This will provide LTTE a strong leverage against India and the flow of traffic through the canal will depend on India’s relations with this terrorist outfit. Strategically, India must aim to bring the countries of South Asia closer and strive for a South Asian Economic Union. But the Sethusamudram Project creates an unnecessary Gulf between India and Sri Lanka, which is uncomfortable with the project as it perceives it to be against Sri Lankan interests. Although it has been circumspect as it does not want to ruffle feathers in India, but Colombo’s displeasure is well known.
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It would make much more sense to go in for a land bridge between Dhanushkoti and Talai Mannar (over the Adam’s Bridge or the proverbial Ram Sethu) so as to achieve better integration of Sri Lankan Economy with Indian economy. This coupled with a reasonable devolution package by the Sri Lankan government could resolve the long festering ethnic turmoil in the island nation. Several studies indicate that a land bridge between India and Sri Lanka would make enormous economic sense and the cost could be recovered in less than a decade.
As an emerging maritime power, India would like to monitor shipping in the Indian Ocean at least in its vicinity, and one of the most significant Sea Line of Communication close to our waters is the one that connects Dondra Head (South of Sri Lanka) to Malacca Strait. Though Indian naval ships would still have the legal right to be in Sri Lankan waters after the construction of Sethusamudram Canal, they would definitely lose the moral right to do so. The environmental impact of the project has not been studied adequately. It is believed that Adam’s bridge prevented Tsunami from affecting Kerala, but what is more significant is that the region has been prone to massive tidal waves and one such wave in the sixties had washed away an entire train from Dhanushkoti Railway Station.
The Gulf of Mannar has been chosen as a biosphere reserve as its waters and its coast are rich in marine life, which contains over 3600 species of plants and animals including 117 species of corals and 17 species of mangroves. The project will definitely have an adverse impact on the marine life even if the shipping lanes do not exactly pass through these waters; mere proximity will pollute the marine environment and destroy the coral reefs.
The local fishermen feel that this will not only ruin the fish breeding grounds but could also bring in deep sea trawlers, thereby threatening their livelihood.
It is therefore essential to dispassionately review the project and not see it through political or religious prisms. As the channel will not allow transit by bigger ships and small craft have always been transiting through Pamban Pass, it may be much more cost effective to dredge the Pamban Pass to allow ships of up to five to six metres to pass through. This may not even cost one per cent of the cost of SSCP, and besides saving exchequer’s money will definitely avoid the adverse environmental, security and strategic implications of this project.

Rama Setu and setusamudram channel conspiracy
Canal versus channel
Channel in mid-ocean is an unprecedented, risky enterprise. Suez and Panama canals are land-based canals. To try to create a mid-ocean channel passage in turbulent waters of Palk Straits is an invitation to disaster, putting nation’s security and coastline integrity at risk.
When 5 alternative alignments are available to create a land-based canal, why has a mid-ocean channel channel passage been chosen as the Setusamudram Channel Project? There is an international conspiracy behind this choice.
This choice will internationalise the waters of Gulf of Mannar and create an international boundary between India and Srilanka, where such a boundary never existed. According to the June 1974 Indira Gandhi – Sirimavo Bandaranaike declaration, these waters were declared as ‘Historic Waters’, meaning, waters territorially shared between the two countries and hence, internal to these two countries. US Navy operational directive of June 23, 2005 sought to change this declaration. The directive refused to declare these as ‘historic waters’ and to operationalise their assertion, sent their naval warships into these waters. This is a serious violation of national sovereignty which has gone unnoticed so far.
Why is America interested in these waters and why the desire to create an international waters channel? Clearly, the choice is to suit the convenience of the US Navy which wants to outsource to India, the coast-guarding of the sealane oil tanker traffic from Straits of Hormuz through Srilanka, through Straits of Malacca to the Westcoast of USA. The geopolitical perspective becomes apparent from the location of the US base in Diego Garcia south of Srilanka, of a very low frequency radio station (which uses ocean waves for transmission) at Trincomalee to listen to the submarine chatter and the US naval units in Singapore.
Justice VR Krishna Iyer’s letter to PM: I beseech you to reconsider the stand taken if any already. This is a matter of political party business or popularity or pro-American yen…the grave issue with which the nation shall defend its survival.
Justice KT Thomas: It is our duty to make in-depth study of all possible repercussions before destroy the natural geological formations. That apart, the religious sentiments of the majority community in India that Lord Rama created such sea wall must he honored and respected.
There is another geopolitical perspective. That relates to the existence of 32% of the world’s reserves of thorium in just three villages south of Rama Setu (details provided below). If these thorium reserves get desiccated and go into the ocean through a future tsunami funneled through the channel passage, India will have to continue to depend upon purchased uranium from NSG countries. The accumulation of thorium placer deposits is emphatically due to the existence of Rama Setu acting as a cyclotron against the clock-wise and counter-clock-wise ocean currents depositing Th-232 on the coastline lands. Thorium is also found in ilmenite sands. Th-232 + a neutron yields U-233 and India is ready with a reactor to produce electricity directly using a thorium-based breeder reactor. Maybe, this causes jealousy among some of the countries of the nuclear club.Thorium deposits in Kerala (Aluva, Chavara), Tamilnadu (Manavalakurichi)

Rama Setu is a tsunami protection wall which saved the coastline of Tamilnadu, Kerala and westcoast during the last devastating tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004.
It is impermissible to damage such a protective structure impairing the integrity and security of the nation.
A serious breach of strategic national security created by the alleged exports of nuclear resources from southern coast of India near Rama Setu by some private parties, in violation of provisions in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 and Atomic Energy Act 1962. The judicial complaint lodged by Deputy Director, Geology and Mining, Nagercoil, Kanniyakumari District, Tamilnadu. Thorium and titanium (strategic atomic and space age metals) are found in these placer sands called ilmenite, rutile, garnet, zircon, monazite. Thorium containing coastal sands south of Rama Setu represent 32% of the known reserves of the world. These placer sands also contain the heaviest concentration of upto 4% of thorium unprecendented in any heavy minerals areas anywhere in the world.
There are also reports of loss of stockpiles from the Indian Rare Earths Limited offices.
Another report has appeared on 6 September 2007 and headlined in major newspapers all over the world that there is an imminent of threat of a tsunami more devastating than the tsunami of 26 Dec. 2004. This report appeared in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature. The report states that about 60 to 70 million people of the east coast of India in the Bay of Bengal will be at risk. In view of the seriousness of this scientific report, I request you to immediately suspend all project works along the coastline which should be resumed only after a detailed, multi-disciplinary investigation of this threat to national security and integrity of the nation.
According to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) website and records, the estimated reserves of thorium in India are 3,60,000 tonnes and represent the energy equivalent of generation of electricity at the rate of 400,000 MW for 387 years and use in thorium-based breeder reactors. Recent report from BARC also indicates that the nation’s nuclear scientists are ready with a thorium-based reactor to generate electricity which can be made operational in the next 7 years, according to the statement of Dr. Baldev Raj of Atomic Energy Commission.
Thorium 232 bombarded by a neutron yields U-233 and can be used in the three-stage nuclear programme chalked out by our atomic scientific community.
Some quizzed questions??
Q. Why NASA published photographs of This Setu or so called adams bridge.
Ans. Actually ,America’s interest is nuclear fuel & it was mapping thorium reserves in world which lead to this place full of thorium ie. 32% of world reserves. Accidentally this photograph was leaked & controversy aroused.

Q. Why is America so much interested in nuclear agreement with India.
Ans. India is in research stage for thorium based reactors & USA wants to stop it because once thorium is used as fuel why will India use uranium which it will have to procure from other countries like Australia, Canada in which USA has its interests. That’s why USA wants to divert attention of India from thorium to uranium but showing, as if though they are doing India a favour by giving special status rather than it is their interests that will be served in long way

Tarun Vijay: On Ram Setu and Sethu Samudram

Tarun Vijay: On Ram Setu and Sethu Samudram

Why Ram Setu (Sethu) should not be damaged

Ram Setu (Sethu) prevented the tsunami from advancing from Rameshwaram to Kerala.

Spiritual Significance

1. This is a divine bridge.

2. Lord Rama and his vaanar sena had built it 17 lacs 25 thousands years ago.

3. In Puranas, the importance of Setu is explained in great details, especially in Skanda Purana, Vishnu Purana, Agni Purana, and Brahma Purana.

Physical Significance

1. Ram Setu (Sethu) a natural barrier to Tsunami: During the last tsunami, the Ramar Bridge (at a high elevation) from the rest of the shoal accumulations acted as a natural barrier preventing the direct devastation of the entire Bharatam coastline south and southwest of Nagapattanam. - Dr. Murthy, Chief editor of the reputed International Tsunami Journal "Science of Tsunami Hazards"

2. Threat of Tsunami: Many geologists, earth scientists, and oceanographers have commented critically, against the disastrous consequences of constructing SSCP. Amongst these is the impending devastation of Kerala, which will suck in after implementation of SSCP, after next Tsunami hits it.
   Read details: Sethusamudram project and impending Tsunami devastation

3. Many Naval officials are saying that even after the completion of SSCP, the depth of the canal shall be only 12 meters (about 36 feet ), and only small and medium sized vessels shall be able to pass. Large sized vessels and carriers shall not be able to pass.

Social Significance

1. The construction of SSCP is trampling upon the feelings and emotions of millions and millions of Hindus.

2. Besides, this bridge is world's oldest man-made structure. It is much much older than the pyramids of Egypt, and the Great Wall of China.

3. Ram Setu has sentimental, religious and historic value.

4. People have crossed the sea using the Rama-Setu, for many thousand years, until the 15th century.

Better alternative solutions are also available !

According to the specialists, a sea route may be prepared for navigation without damaging Sri Ram Setu, by removing the barren sand heaps near village Mandapam between Rameshwaram and Dhanushkoti railway. This will not only give a shorter route for navigation but also protect the oldest man-made heritage.

Troubles in Bhaarat due to not paying attention to Chanakya Niti - 2

Bharat has forgotten Chanakya Niti about how to treat foreigners at higher positions. See the disaster Sonia (Maino) is creating in Bhaarat.

Sonia rose to be president of the Congress Party by overthrowing Sitaram Kesari using Congress goons. Opponents such as Sharad Pawar were expelled from the party. Sonia (Maino) Gandhi has lied several times. Once she said that she was a graduate from Cambridge . In fact she has only high school education.

Sonia (Maino) Gandhi was from a poor Italian family when she came to India . From that time, she has amassed billions of dollars through scandals and scams. Her family has looted the very country that harbored them and gave the best the country could give in the highest places.

Sonia's credentials are doubtful. She became a citizen of India only after 16 years of her marriage because she had no intention of becoming an Indian citizen. In 1971, at the time of War with Pakistan , she went on vacation with Rajiv Gandhi to Italy . When Indira Gandhi was defeated after emergency, she ran and took shelter in Italian Embassy.

Whereas Sonia Gandhi has indulged in so many scams, for example, food for oil scam in Iraq , Bofors Ghotala, Maruti episode, Jawahar/Indira/Rajiv trusts. It is said that she prevented CBI from arresting Quattrocchi, her family friend. She let him run away with millions of dollars from a bank in UK . She recently allowed him to escape from Argentina .

Sonia Gandhi with the help of nominal Prime Minister of India is enacting pro-terrorist policies for vote banks. Because of which 3670 mostly Hindus were dead in the last three years. So far no arrest has been made in Mumbai bomb blast in which about 200 Hindus were killed. When 44 Hindus were killed recently in Hyderabad , Sonia Gandhi did not go to visit them. Her sympathy is reserved only for those she is interested.

What Sonia says and what she does are entirely different. The Sonia who says she would give up power is intensely after power. She is hobnobbing with the supporters of killers of her husband. Supporters of LTTE in Tamil Nadu are partners in UPA government.

Sonia has completely removed Satya Meva Jayate from government stationery. According to Dr. Subramanian Swamy she wants to impose Rome Raj in India instead of Ram Rajya

At Sonia's insistence, Shankaracharya Swamy Jayendra Saraswati was put in jail and treated like an ordinary criminal, while no evidence could be found even after 3 years.

But Sonia has created a fear in the minds of her colleagues. After the death of Madhavrao Scindhia, Rajesh Pilot, Jitendra Prasad and others, everybody is afraid of her.

Sonia is working for the destruction of Ram Sethu between India and Sri Lanka and declared Rama is a mythological character

Media in India has been completely frightened into submission. Nobody dares to write anything against her. He/She will be hauled up immediately via direct threats, tax raids or carrot/stick approach.

Sonia actions reveal political, spiritual and physical violence perpetrated by her. Her family is responsible for killing of 3000 Sikhs in Delhi . One of the instigators Jagadish Tytler was offered ministry in her Singh's cabinet.

Sonia Gandhi is in a hurry – hurry to install her siblings on throne reigning over more than one billions Indians."

Modi demands action against Sonia, PM Man Mohan Singh

What can she know - and what can she feel about us, about our Hindustan and about our Raam - which she, probably, would be pronouncing as Ram instead of Raam!

Where are lions, the sons of Dushyant Bharat and where is gandhigir to fight Dengu. Should there be Ramraj or Romeraj as in the past Britishraj? `Simon Go Back' was right than how can Italians go back can be communal undemocratic and illegal? We want clarification from the trustees of Nehru Gandhi dynasty.

Hereunder is an article forwarded by Dr. Bhargava, which should of interest to Hindus. It is from a newspaper, probably, Times of India.

If you read the Ramayana and Mahabharat as history, you will find lots of mythology. If you read them as mythology, you will find lots of history- A L Basham
Once upon a time...Easily the best opening line ever, one that hooks the audience and has them asking for more. Try telling any child -- and that includes the inner child within all of us -- facts and dates, and they will quickly lose interest. But narrate a mythological tale, and they're all ears. Parents know that. So do advertisers. After all, as Deepak Chopra once wrote in The Times of India , "A brand is an encapsulated mythology. A person will buy a product not because she is consuming the product but because she is consuming its mythology."
Which is why the whole debate about whether or not Lord Ram existed as a historical figure is redundant? Even if he was not a historical figure, it does not in any way diminish his value. As a mythological figure, he dominates the consciousness far more than anyone out of a history book. The true beauty of India 's great epics lies in the fact that they are as relevant today as they were millennia ago. To millions of Indians, Ram and the other heroes of the epics are living entities; eternal role models who exist outside of time and space. To try and confine them within the boundaries of geography and chronology -- as attempts to prove their historicity must necessarily do -- is to do them a huge disservice.

In any case, the obsession with historical accuracy is a Western, rather than an Indian construct. Historians have cited the traditional Indian habit of creating myths and fables rather than 'accurate' historical documents to lament that India has no sense of history. Absolutely true. But rather than getting defensive about this 'criticism', we should be proud of our historical view of civilization. Because our forefathers intuitively knew that mythology provides a far more authentic understanding of a civilisation than history does. Indeed, as Indians, we believe in creating myths, and obliterating history. History, after all, is often simply a victor's viewpoint of how things were, whereas mythology tells us how people truly longed for them to be.
Wakeup lions, heirs of Dushyant Bharat
Rama Setu: an archaeologist speaks

RamarSethu and ASI

I had the opportunity to be an Archaeologist in Archaeological Survey of India since 1970, and recently retired and would like to bring out the following facts about Ramar Sethu Issue. To my knowledge no archaeological expedition of any type either on Shore or off shore was conducted to document the facts about the Ramar Sethu Bridge . Neither there is any official publication on the type of Remains there.

I was shocked to see the Affidavit filed by ASI in the Apex Court . It was based on secondary resources from some other Agency. None of Archaeologists, especially my old colleagues could have gone to that level to file a casual Affidavit in the highest court of the country. To my solace, now it is learnt that the officials involved both are not Archaeologists but Administrative Officers. One is an Assistant Director and another is Director Administration. The latter is from Indian Revenue Service and entered the Survey on Deputation few months back and bypassed the Senior Archaeologists of ASI and misinformed the Apex Court . The decline of the standard of ASI is not a sudden one, but for the past two decades Archaeologist is not allowed to head it. Due to some flaw in the Central Recruitment Rules amended during 1980s, no Archaeologist is made eligible to be the Director General and IAS personnel lead it one by one with out even basic knowledge on History or Archaeology.

They represent the Nation in many International Bodies like UNESCO on Archaeological matters and misrepresent the facts many times. This time due to sensitivity of the Subject they were trapped in the Apex Court . No Governement including BJP ever attempted to post a technical DGA. We hope at least now the Government will wake up to restore the lost glory of the Survey.

T.Satyamurthy

Superintending Archaeologist (Rtd), ASI,

26/43, Janakiraman Street, West Mambalam

Chennai.33

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Though as per Arnold Toynbee, "Civilizations die from suicide, not murder", a unilateral war is being waged by anti-Hindu forces to wipe out Hinduism and Hindu heritage from earth the way other native cultures and religions have been erased all over the globe. The proposed demolition of Ram Setu by the Congress-led UPA government is a similar assault on symbols of Hindu religion and Hindu heritage.

Apart from being the ancient-most sacred symbol of Hindu faith and heritage, Ram Setu symbolises Bharat. And to save Ram Setu is to save Bharat.

And to save Ram Setu is to save Setusamudaram "territorial waters" from becoming "international waters" which will endanger Bharat's security. To save Ram Setu is to save vast thorium deposits which can meet Bharat's long term energy needs. Saving it also saves vast areas of Bharat from future tsunamis.

Why this undue haste?

The undue haste with which the government is proceeding with Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project (SSCP) shows that it is bent upon demolishing this holy monument.

RAMA SETU AND RAMA’S HISTORICITY

By Dr. N.S. Rajaram, <nsrajaram@airtelbroadband.in>

In its now withdrawn affidavit, the Government has claimed that Rama Sethu is a naturally formed coral reef and not a man-made structure. Further, it was also claimed that Rama was not a historical figure though it is unclear what Rama’s historicity has to do with the proposed project of cutting a channel through the Rama Sethu. The latter is both uninformed and gratuitous and smacks of an ulterior political motive.

The experts who helped the Government in preparing the affidavit have been hasty in both their conclusions— of Rama Sethu being entirely natural and Rama’s historicity. A coral reef can grow around a long submerged man-made structure just as an anthill or even a mound can form over an old abandoned structure due to the action of elements. Sea levels thousands of years ago were much lower than they are today. What is now a submerged in the shallow waters of the Palk Strait could have been above water or only partially under water in ancient times?

As a result, very detailed marine archaeological work has to be done to determine whether or not Rama Sethu has any man-made structures. Neither the Archaeological Survey of India nor any other organization has done any such work. All we have are satellite photos and some geophysical studies. These are inconclusive and subject to varying interpretations.

It is a similar story with Rama’s historicity: without thorough research one cannot say that no such person existed simply because there are no physical remains like bones. By applying the same logic we should be able to say that Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed also never existed. When working on my book on the Historical Krishna , I found that archaeology is of limited use in dealing with such ancient figures. I found it necessary to correlate data from a wide range of sources including literature, ancient ecology, archaeo-astronomy and others.

Fortunately I was able to build on a century of previous research going back to Bankima Chandra Chatterji and his Sri Krishna Charitra. No comparable research is available on the Historical Rama. This being the situation, we should refrain from hasty statements like what we have been seeing in the past few days. We must in all humility acknowledge that a great deal of work needs to be done before we can even begin to answer these questions.

Above all we should never forget— absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Dr. N.S. Rajaram <nsrajaram@airtelbroadband.in> is the author of the book Search for the Historical Krishna .

September 20, 2007

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DMK launches jihad

Destruction of Ram Setu constitutes the bedrock of the DMK’s anti-Hindu agenda. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunandhi has cited the discredited Aryan-Dravidian theory in support of his claim that Ramayan, which symbolises the invasion of Dravidian south by the Aryans of the north, is a myth. This is an assault on the values dear to Hindus.

In addition, fathered by Christian missionaries beginning with Bishop Caldwell, the Dravidian parties harbour a visceral hatred of what they call Brahminical Hinduism. This has evolved into the overtly racist Aryan-Dravidian myth being spouted by Mr Karunanidhi. Ram Setu is to Mr Karunanidhi — and his followers like Mr TR Baalu — what the original Ram temple at Ayodhya was to Mughal emperor Babur. What we are witnessing is DMK’s — especially Mr Karunanidhi’s — jihad.

Lord Ram designatges and denotes, the victory of Good over Evil. Lord Ram and his Vanar Army, built the bridge to Lanka, to rescue Sita, from the clutches of that creepy and evil Ravan. Regardless of what Karunanidhi and others of his ilk (they are a bunch of jerks ) say, millions of Hindus believe the sanctity of Ram Sethu. They feel small and humiliated at the shameful plan of destroying this Hindu Sanctum Santorum.
It is a Red-Flag, and basically a continuation of the old game of humiliating and bashing the Hindu, which has been going on for 1200 years. Throughout these centuries, Hindus have been badgered and bullied, labeled as Kafirs ( Non-Moslem Infidels ), and as Pagans/Heathens ( Non-Christian Infidels ), and accused of worshipping the idols, stones, trees, monkeys, and snakes. Hindus have been identified as headed for Hell. Because of this Sullas/Kharistas believe that Hindus deserve to be murdered, or humiliated enough to discredit their Hinduism, to compell them to convert to Islam /Christianity.
It is indescribably debasing and degrading to, see the Hindus brought down so low. Hundreds of millions of Hindus have been knifed by the sword of Islam, 64,000 plus Hindu shrines have been demolished by the faithfuls of Islam.
How long are the Hindus supposed to t ake this kind of Sh** ? How much longer is the anger of the Hindu, supposed to accumulate before the Hindu patience runs out.
Destruction of Ram Sethu is a terrible encroachment on the sanctum santorum of the Hindu. It is totally unacceptable and intolerable.
Denying Ram is denying Bhaarat - India
People should urge every one that basing major religion of Bhaarat is not real secularism. It is the same religion which nurture the welfare of minorities. Compare the change in demographies in Islamic countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh , where the more than half of minorities are wiped out. Hence religion matters. But don't take leverage of liberal majority.

It is need of the hour that study of Chanakya Niti be made compulsory all over Bharat that how foreigners be treated for higher positions in the country.

The backlash over the Ram Setu affidavit may yet teach modern India ’s foreign-born and native-secular rulers that would no go unpunished in one form or the other eventually.

Interestingly, the first tsunami of 2004 came soon after the arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya on specious grounds of conspiracy to murder. The second warning, when the Ocean literally growled and tremours measured 8.0 on the Richter scale, came within hours of the Centre declaring there was no historic evidence of Shri Ram and the Setu was a mere sandbank.

The attempt of destrpying Hindu religion by a foreign born Christian lady Sonia – Maino must unite the Hindus all over the world for destroying Nehru – Gandhi apery and the congress party as well.

Troubles in Bhaarat due to not paying attention to Chanakya Niti - 1

Chankaya has said long time ago that a person from foreign country should not be given top position in the country. If such person is to be given high position, then he / she has to go through a long process of verification and conversion to prove his / her loyalty to the country, its religion, its culture, its language, its traditions etc.

It seems that Bharatiya people have forgotten the wisdom of Chanakya Niti and has promoted a Christian lady to a higher position in Bhaarat who was just a restaurant maid and has spoken many kinds of lies about his qualifications and about many other facts of her life. As Sonia / Maino’s name is associated with Nehru Gandhi family, she has been given the top most position in the country. Nehru Gandhi persons were curse for Bhaarat so Sonia is also proving curse for Bhaarat keeping the tradition of her family.

She belongs to Christian faith, which is not the main faith of the country. Christianity has destroyed many religions and cultures through out his history. This uneducated maid lady, using her top position in Bhaarat is bent upon destroying the ancient religion and culture of Bhaarat. The first Speaker of parliament of Independent Bhaarat made a comment in inauguration speech that it was the greatest thing that Bhaarat became slave of British people. There are still many persons in Bhaarat who believe that it was the greatest thing for Bhaarat to become slave of British people. Such people are still mentally slave people and still trying to be slave people of British people by other ways by adopting every thing British like language, way of living and dressing up, education, manners, behaviour etc.

Such people consider every Bhaaratiya thing may be language, religion, culture, traditions, foods, ethos, manners etc. of inferior quality and they are helping the foreign Christian lady in destroying Bhaaratiya religion, culture and languages etc.

Cross-marked Rupee Coin
3 days mourning, Padmshri to Glady Staines and Cross marked Rupee Coins: Who instructed for 3 days mourning in Hindu Bhaarat on the death of Pope? Would this be done on the death of Hindu or any other religious leaders? Glady Staines ’s only achievement is that he was converting Hindus to Christianity. Is Padmshri Galdystaines not converting tribal of Orissa? Glady Staines was awarded the high award of Bharat for converting Hindus to Christianity. Instead of putting the Hindu religious marks on coins, Sonia put cross on Bhaaratiya coins. Even many Christian countries do not put cross on their currency.

http://www.newsanalysisindia.com/112042007.htm

How the ordinary Bhaartiya people feel about the act of slave govt. of a foreign slave lady

bhavani nirmal <bonnie605@yahoo.com>

With 80% of the population professing Hindu faith, how could we allow a wing of government of India have the
audacity to attack our sacred avatar: Rama. Who gave this Parsi the courage to file such a document with
the highest court of the country? Some heads have to roll at least symbolically for this affront to our faith and withdrawal of the affidavit without a public apology to the Hindus is not an acceptable action. Where are the Hindus on the cabinet of Man Mohan Singh, the members of our parliament in the ruling coalition, the state governments who did not say anything about this? I did not hear any loud protests from them. Where is the media? Have they all become impotent or lackeys of foreign faiths?

'The leadership of the Congress party and the UPA government has poured contempt on the religious sentiments of crores of Hindus all over the world'.

Setusamudram project a conspiracy against Hindus: Puri seer

Newkerala.com, Sep 15, 2007

Puri, Sep 15 : Puri Goberdhan Peeth Sankaracharya Swamy Neeschalananda Saraswati today alleged that the attempt to destroy the Ramsethu for the Setusamudram shipping canal project was a ''conspiracy'' against Hindu ethos and religious beliefs.

In a statement here, the Puri seer, quoting Hindu religious scripts, said Bhagwan Ram had constructed the Setu in Tretya Yug to reach Lanka to free his wife Sita.

The Shankaracharya said if anyone tried to destroy the Setu, the person should be ousted from the country.

He urged all the other Sankaracharyas to fight against such move.

http://news.hinduworld.com/click_frameset.php?ref_url=%2Findex.php%3F&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newkerala.com%2Foct.php%3Faction%3Dfullnews%26id%3D722

Ram bhakt in foreign land and Ramdrohi in Bharatbhumi! Why Valmiki was, perhaps, the first great astronomer and that his study of planetary configurations has stood the test of time. Even the latest computer software corroborated his astronomical calculations, proving that he did not commit any error. Shabari is stated to be belonging to Bheel tribe and the army of Shri Ram, which succeeded in defeating Ravana. Ram’s army was also formed by various tribals from Central and South Bhaarat . Facts, events and other relevant details relating to the life of Shri Ram are the common heritage of all the Bhaaratiyas.
http://www.newsanalysisindia.com/102062007.htm

What would an Italian Christian lady know about Ram? Sonia was born in Italy and Bhagwaan Ram in Hindustan . Hence, there is little possibility of her knowing anything about the existence of Lord Ram," Modi had told a tribal rally at Mandvi in Surat district.

"Our faith is Hinduism and we do not need a certificate from anyone on Lord Ram's existence."

Causing injuries to Majority community by govt. dominated by foreign Christian lady

A Central Government-approved affidavit claimed before the Supreme Court that there is no ‘historic’ or ‘scientific’ evidence of the existence of the Maryada Purushottom. This contemptuous attitude towards Hindu civilization’s greatest moral exemplar has caused shock all over the Hindu universe, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, to Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, Myanmar, Kampuchea, Indonesia, Bali, Malaysia, Nepal, Java, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand; regions whose national culture has been shaped by the benign presence of Shri Rama.

There is a new and escalating insensitivity in Bhaaratiya secular thought, which not only insistently neglects the sensibilities of the majority community, but, worse, appears eager to cause injury to such sentiments. Bhaaratiya’s opportunistic political secularists - as distinct from those who are, in fact and practice, actually wedded to the secular ideology - feel that they cannot sufficiently proclaim their secularism without displaying at least a measure of contempt for Hindu beliefs and practices.

The legend of Ram and Ramayana - archaeological evidence or no archaeological evidence - has primal resonances in the civilisation, culture and multiple identities, not only of Bhaarat and among Hindus, but among the people of the entire South and South-East Asian region, and occasionally well beyond. Many people would recall watching films and theatrical performances - Ram Lilas - based on Ramayan from earliest childhood, and one of the most exciting scenes was the vaanar sena building the bridge to Lanka with rocks inscribed with the name of their Lord. These are images embedded in the consciousness of millions across Bhaarat and beyond, and to trivialise this by anti Hindus, Christians and phony pseudo seculars is to misunderstand the very nature of governance.

There is an increasing fraud and dishonesty at the core of the Bhaaratiya secular establishment.

The members of the UPA government in Bhaarat, seem to be bent upon removing the Ram Sethu, one of the holiest Hindu sites. Most of the proponents of this destruction-project are Phoney-Liberal politicians, who have their interest, in promoting the welfare of the minority communities, at the cost of the Hindus. There are plenty of Phoney-Liberals in Bhaarat, who are willing to defend the minorities and speak for them. But they have neither interest nor any sympathy for the Hindus. Their hypocrisy is pathetic and a fraud against the Hindus, for which these politicians should feel ashamed of themselves, but they never feel embarrassed nor humiliated, even though the Hindu always comes out at the short end of the stick, as a result of their phony-liberal bias.

One of these Phony-Liberal politicians is a well-known member of the Congress Party, by name Ambika Soni, who is also a Christian lady. Ambika Soni has been close to the Gandhi family, for a long time, first time to Sanjay Gandhi, and now to Sonia Gandhi. She enjoys considerable power and influence in the Congress Party. Several Hindu leaders are unhappy at the positions that she takes, with respect to the issues of the Hindus, which are generally anti-Hindus. Her motivation appears to be anti-Hindu. But that is not her Ace-Card. Her Ace-Card is her mastery of Double-Talk that is saying one thing, and doing quite the opposite.

Why are so many Hindus of Bhaarat and of the world, tolerating this great outrage against the Hindu? Why are they not raising more hell than what they are doing at the present time? Why are most Hindus afraid to take a stand against these Phony-Liberal politicians, who have never been accused of being either smart or brave, they are purely opportunists? It is not impossible to change their mind or their decisions. How can we Hindus tolerate this outright-outrage against our Hindu religion? How can we allow these politicians to wreck our religion? We Hindus cannot abandon our mission of defending the Ram Sethu.

If more powerful marching, picketing, boycotting, and sit-ins etc don't come forth soon, then it would appear like another " Chamberlain-Moment " ( that is, the moment of Neville Chamberlain, the ex-prime minister of UK, during World War II ), who capitulated to Adolf Hitler.

It would then confirm the real story of the Hindu, that the Hindus are political prisoners in Bhaarat.

Sonia or any other foreign person must not be at the top position in the country. Such persons would bring destruction of Bhaarat.

Idol of Ganesha desecrated at Bambolim; cops clueless

PANJIM, SEPT 16 – A day after Ganesh Chaturti celebrations began, anxiety and tension gripped Bambolim when a temple and the idol of Lord Ganesha were damaged and desecrated.

The incident is reported to have taken place at Shiv-Krishna Devasthan, situated near the new nursing college, where the 11- day Sarvojanik Ganesh Utsav celebrations are underway.
According to police reports, the temple, that was locked at around 9.30 pm after Saturday’s worship, was found vandalized Sunday morning.
The lock on the temple door was found broken and religious items, including the three-feet tall idol of Lord Ganesha, badly damaged. Several pictures were also seen scattered on the floor. Interestingly, the cashbox was found intact.
Though the police dog squad was pressed into service, no clues could be gathered. The Agassaim police have registered a case against unknown persons.
Early Sunday morning, a large CRPF battalion was deployed at the site to counter any eventuality as people began rushing to the temple on receiving the news.
The police also cordoned off the area as some groups allegedly attempted to hold condemnatory meetings.
The North District administration convened a meeting of the temple committee in the afternoon, following which the damaged idol was immersed. Thereafter, a new idol of Lord Ganesha was installed.
Additional Collector Swapnil Naik who was present at the meeting said, “We acceded to the committee’s request for police protection,” adding that compensation demands for damages caused will be forwarded to the Government। MLA Francis Silveira also visited the site।

बांबोळीत गणेशमूर्तीची बिटंबणा
पणजी, ता. १६ - बांबोळी येथील शिवकृष्ण मंदिरातील सार्वजनिक गणेश मूर्ती, शिवलिंग, नंदी आणि मंदिराशेजारच्या घुमटीवरील कळसाचा अज्ञातांनी विध्वंस केला.
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गणपतीच्या मातीच्या मूर्तीची पूर्णतः मोडतोड केली. नंदीही उखडून टाकला. जड वस्तूचा प्रहार करून शिवलिंग व पिंडीही दुभंगून टाकली. मंदिरातील पितळी समया, देवतांच्या तसबिरीही माथेफिरूंच्या या कारवाईतून वाचू शकल्या नाहीत. काल रात्री दहा ते आज सकाळी सात या वेळेत हा प्रकार घडला व यामुळे आज त्या भागात काहीसे तणावाचे वातावरण निर्माण झाले.
बांबोळीला पणजीहून मडगावला जाताना उजवीकडे हे छोटेखानी मंदिर आहे. पोर्तुगीजकाळापासून तेथे शिवलिंग होते. मंदिरात गोकुळाष्टमी व शिवरात्रोत्सव साजरा करण्यात येतो. श्रावणी सोमवारला सत्यनारायण महापूजा होते. याशिवाय दर सोमवारी ग्रामस्थ मंदिरात भजनही करतात. तेथे गेल्या दशकात छोटेखानी मंदिर आकाराला आले. गेल्या काही वर्षांत मंदिरासमोर पत्र्याची शेडही उभी राहिली आहे. २००२ मध्ये मंदिराशी संलग्न भाविकांनी शिवकृष्ण देवस्थान ट्रस्ट स्थापन केला. पाच वर्षांपासून मंदिरात सार्वजनिक गणेशोत्सव साजरा करण्यात येत होता. गेल्या वर्षापर्यंत त्या मूर्तीचे विसर्जन पाचव्या दिवशी करण्यात येत होते. यंदा पाचवे वर्ष असल्याने अकरा दिवसांचा गणेशोत्सव साजरा करण्याचे ट्रस्ट व ग्रामस्थांनी ठरविले होते. भाविकांपैकी बहुतेकांना सुतक असल्याने त्यांनी पूजेची जबाबदारी गणपत भटजींकडे सोपविली होते. ते रात्री दहा वाजता पूजा करून घरी निघून गेले. त्यानंतर हा प्रकार घडला.
त्या परिसरात खणून केबल घालण्याचे वा तत्सम काम चालते. त्या कामावरील मजूर नेहमीप्रमाणे सकाळी दर्शनासाठी मंदिरात सात वाजण्याच्या सुमारास आले. त्यांच्या नजरेस हा प्रकार पडताच ते घाबरले. त्यांनी याची खबर गावात दिली. ग्रामस्थांकडून हा प्रकार ट्रस्टचे सचिव कमलाकांत काणकोणकर यांना कळला. ते सर्वप्रथम आठ वाजता मंदिरात आले.
त्यांनी "गोमन्तक' ला सांगितले, की गणपतीची मूर्ती होती असे सांगावे लागण्याइतपत मूर्तीवर प्रहार करण्यात आले होते. मातीच माती झाली होती. मूर्तीसमोरील तीन फुटी पितळी समईही तोडण्यात आली. वात लावतात तो भाग मुख्य भागापासून अलग करण्यात आला होता. मंदिराच्या मुख्य दरवाजाचे कुलूप तर तोडण्यात आलेच शिवाय मंदिराच्या भिंतीवर लावण्यात आलेल्या दत्तात्रय, श्रीकृष्ण आदी देवतांच्या तसबिरीही फोडून टाकण्यात आल्याने काचांचा खच पडला होता. नंदीही फोडण्यात आला होता. त्यावरूनच गाभाऱ्यात काय घडले असावे याचा पुरेसा अंदाज येत होता. मंदिरापासून जवळच असलेल्या घुमटीच्या कळसावरही जड वस्तूचा प्रहार करण्यात आला होता. विटंबना करण्यात आलेल्या मूर्तीच्या जागी दुपारी साडेचार वाजता नव्या मूर्तीची प्रतिष्ठापनाही करण्यात आली.
याची खबर पोलिसांना मिळाल्यावर पोलिसांनी घटनास्थळी भेट देऊन पाहणी केली व पंचनामा केला. आगशीचे पोलिस निरीक्षक सलीम शेख यांनी पंचनामा केला. त्यावेळी उपविभागीय पोलिस अधिकारी वेणू बन्सल उपस्थित होते. जिल्हाधिकारी मिहीर वर्धन यांनीही या मंदिराला भेट देऊन पाहणी केली. ग्रामस्थांच्या दुपारी झालेल्या बैठकीसही ते उपस्थित होते.
पंचनामा सुरू असताना तेथे उपस्थित बन्सल यांनी पोलिसांना सर्व गोष्टी तेथून त्वरित हटविण्याचे आदेश दिले. त्याला उपस्थित राजेंद्र वेलिंगकर व इतर ग्रामस्थांनी आक्षेप घेतला. ग्रामस्थांनी दुपारी साडेचार वाजता मंदिरात बैठक बोलावली होती. तोवर आहे तीच स्थिती कायम ठेवावी असे ग्रामस्थांचे म्हणणे होते. त्याला बन्सल तयार नव्हते. त्यामुळे इतस्ततः विखुरलेले साहित्य गोळा करणाऱ्या पोलिस कर्मचाऱ्यांना ग्रामस्थांनी अटकाव केला. त्यानंतर तेथे उपस्थितांपैकी मंदिराशी संबंधित कोण याची चौकशी पोलिसांनी सुरू केली. वेलिंगकर यांचा या मंदिराशी संबंध काय असेही बन्सल यांनी विचारले. त्यावर एक हिंदू म्हणून मी या मंदिरात येत होतो असे वेलिंगकर यांनी उत्तर दिले. शब्दाने शब्द वाढत चालला होता. त्यावर अधीक्षकांना भेटू असे सांगून बन्सल यांनी ग्रामस्थांना पणजीत आणले असे वेलिंगकर यांनी "गोमन्तक' ला सांगितले. ते म्हणाले, मी साडेचार वाजेपर्यंत त्या मंदिर परिसरात जाणार असे पोलिसांनी जबरदस्तीने माझ्याकडून लिहून घेतले. स्वातंत्र्याचा हा संकोच आहे. ग्रामस्थांना सत्यस्थिती समजावी म्हणून त्या भागाच्या साफसफाईस आक्षेप घेण्यात आला होता.
राज्यात मूर्तिभंजनाचे प्रकार वाढीस लागले असताना पोलिस त्यांना पकडण्यात अपयशी ठरत आहेत. ते अपयश झाकण्यासाठीच असे पवित्रे ते घेत आहेत. घटनास्थळी बजरंग दलाचे राज्यप्रमुख विनायक च्यारीही ग्रामस्थांशी चर्चा करताना दिसून आले.
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चोरीप्रकरणातून तोडफोड नव्हे
दरम्यान, या शिवमंदिरातील गणेशमूर्ती, नंदी व शिवलिंग - पिंडीची तोडफोड करण्यामागे कोणाचा हात असू शकतो याबाबत चौकशी सुरू आहे. हे प्रकरण चोरीचे नाही, कारण मंदिरातील फंडपेटीचे कुलूप तोडण्यात आले नव्हते वा ती लंपासही करण्यात आलेली नाही. मंदिरात झालेला तोडफोडीचा प्रकार पाहता यामध्ये एकापेक्षा अधिक व्यक्तींचा समावेश असण्याची शक्‍यता नाकारता येत नाही. मंदिराच्या समितीचे सचिव कमलाकांत मं. काणकोणकर यांनी दिलेल्या जबानीत त्यांनी कोणावरही संशय व्यक्त केलेला नाही. या मंदिरातील सदस्यांशी किंवा कोणाशी वाद झालेला नाही, असे त्यांनी म्हटले असल्याचे आगशी पोलिसांनी सांगितले. तोडफोड करणारी व्यक्ती माथेफिरू असू शकत नाही. त्याने भान ठेवूनच हा सगळा प्रकार केला आहे. घटनास्थळी पोलिस श्‍वानाला पाचारण करण्यात आले. मंदिरातील तोडफोड झालेल्या काही वस्तूंचा वास या श्‍वानाला देण्यात आला. त्यानुसार हे श्‍वान या मंदिराच्या मागील बाजूने पुढे सरकत मानसोपचार इस्पितळाच्या मुख्य प्रवेशद्वारातून आत शिरले. तेथून ते इस्पितळाच्या बाह्यरुग्ण कक्षाच्या मागील बाजूने इस्पितळ वसाहतीकडून एका पायवटेकडे पोचले. सुमारे चाळीस ते पन्नास मीटर अंतर हे श्‍वान पुढे चालत जाऊन तेथेच घुटमळू लागले. या ठिकाणी संशयिताचे काही धागेदोरे सापडले नाहीत, अशी माहिती पोलिसांनी दिली.
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