Image: Building the bridge to Lanka. Source: Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Bridge
Story Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
- Rama performed sacrifices to propitiate the God of the Ocean
- The God of the Ocean is known as Varuna
- Varuna's vehicle is a Makara- a part fish, part land creature
- He has a weapon of a Pasha- a noose, rope loop
- Rama seizes his bow & shot weapons into the sky
- this caused for darkness to cover the sky & the mountains broke into pieces
- Rama attempts to dry up the waters of the sea by shooting a fiery dark
- The King of the Ocean appears & tells Rama to seek the aid of the vanar chief to create a bridge could be built that would allow for the armies to cross the deep
- a causeway of rocky islands between the mainland and Lanka is called Rama's bridge
Information source: Wikipedia
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