Rama Setu -2

[Bodhi]

<!--QuoteBegin-k.ram+Apr 17 2008, 07:43 AM-->QUOTE(k.ram @ Apr 17 2008, 07:43 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The court has queried as to how the Ram Setu could be called a place of worship, adding, "Who does puja in the middle of the sea?" Nobody.
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skanda purANa’s third book, brahmakhaNDaM, opens with a section called setu-mahAtmya and the 48th and 49th verses from its first chapter known as setu-gamana-phalAdi-varNanam are:

setusaikatamadhyeyaH shete tatpAMsukunThitaH |
yAvantaH pAMsavo lagnAstasyAnge viprasattamAH || (48)
tAvatAM bramhahatyAnAM nASaH syAnnAtra saMSayaH |
setumadhyastha vAten yasyAngaH spR^syate-akhilaM || (49)

meaning:

(48) One, who prostrates in the middle of the Setu's sandbank (setu-saikata-madhye), his sins becomes dulled. And ultimately his sins are subdued, O Best of the Dvija-s. (49) (So much so), that the grimmest sin that arises from killing a Bramhana, no doubt, even that is destroyed by performing rites there - (when) every part of the (sinner's) body touches the winds in the middle of the Setu ( setu-madhyastha-vAta).
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here the text is specifically prescribing the actual rituals (puja) at the very rama setu (yes sir, in the middle of the sea if His Highness pleases). So absolutely, going by the textual evidence, the contention of Setu itself being a place of worship is undeniable.