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It is interesting, some one else has to prose to save

our divine Sri

Ram Setu.

 

http://setubandha.blogspot.com/2008/12/demand-for-sacred-site-status-for-setu.html

Demand for 'Sacred Site' status for Sethu

PTI

Tuesday, December 02, 2008 15:02 IST

 

LONDON: Campaigners protesting against the dredging of

the

Sethusamudram Ship Channel have demanded that Gulf of

Mannar, which is

home to the Ram Sethu, be designated as 'Sacred Site'.

 

The announcement for seeking a 'Sacred Site' status was

made by Martin

Palmer, Secretary General of Alliance of Religions and

Conservation

(ARC) and religion and ecology advisor to Prince Philip,

Duke of

Edinburgh, at a two-day meeting here.

 

" The Gulf of Mannar has enormous spiritual significance

within both

Hinduism and Islam, " he said during his announcement.

 

" The meeting erupted into applause when he made the

announcement. To

get the Gulf of Mannar recognised on the international

conservation

stage will be a huge step forward in preserving its sanctity

and

ecology for future generations, " Kusum Vyas, founder

of The Living

Planet Foundation, which organised the London meeting,

said.

 

'Sacred Site' is now an international term of protection

for sites

that are spiritually, religiously, culturally and ecologically

important.

 

Flowing between South-East India and Sri Lanka, the Gulf

of Mannar is

home to Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge, a site of immense

spiritual

significance for both Hindus and Muslims worldwide.

 

Situated in South-Asia's largest biosphere reserve, it

is also one of

the last remaining biological hot-spots on the planet,

offering

sanctuary to numerous endangered plant and animal species

such as the

dugong and the green turtle.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210895

 

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Om,

 

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