Sethusamudram

Sethusamudram (also Setusamudram, from Sanskrit; setu "bridge" and samudra "sea") is the sea that separates Tamil Nadu, India, from Sri Lanka. It encompasses the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait, and a shoal of islands and bays that separate them called Ram Setu ("Rama Bridge", also known as Adam's Bridge). The name is derived from the episode recounted in the Hindu epic, Ramayana, in which Rama's army builds a bridge to cross over from Rameshwaram to Sri Lanka.