Participating in a government function at Salem on Friday, Mr Karunanidhi asserted that there was no historical evidence %u201Cfor the existence of Rama or this bridge (Rama Sethu).%u201D He further spelled out his Dravidian argument on Saturday morning at nearby Yercaud, saying there was never a bridge built by Lord Rama. %u201CThere was not even an engineer named Ramar credited with building that bridge,%u201D he said.
While there was no historical or scientific evidence of Lord Rama or his bridge, there was enough material to show neither existed, he argued. %u201CPandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the great rationalist and most revered among the Congress leaders, who led the country as Prime Minister for 20 years, had himself written in his historical work that Rama and the Ramayana were imaginary and mere mythology scripted on the basis of a war between the Aryans and the Dravidians,%u201D said the DMK chief.
