The Ram Setu is a 48 km long bridge between Rameswaram Island in India and Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. It's made of shoals that connect these two islands. Recently, the European Space Agency shared a detailed picture of the Ram Setu taken by satellites in their Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. These satellites have special cameras that show land and plants in detail.

📷 This week's @ESA_EO #EarthFromSpace is a @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 image of Adam’s Bridge, a chain of shoals linking India and Sri Lanka. pic.twitter.com/Zo584h9KhK

— European Space Agency (@esa) June 21, 2024

One end of the Ram Setu is on Mannar Island, which is connected to Sri Lanka by road and railway bridges. The other end is on Rameswaram Island, also called Pamban Island, which is connected to mainland India by the Pamban Bridge. On Rameswaram Island, you'll find the towns of Pamban and Rameswaram.

The Ram Setu separates the Gulf of Mannar to the south from the Palk Strait to the north. It used to be a natural land bridge between India and Sri Lanka until it started to erode around the 15th century due to storms.

According to Hindu stories, Lord Ram's army built the Ram Setu to reach Lanka and rescue his wife, Sita, from the demon king Ravan. Scientists think the bridge formed naturally when India and Sri Lanka were joined by land long ago.