One Yojana is approximately 8 miles,
Hanuman flew 8oo miles from Rameshwaram to reach Lanka.
But the bridge is only 18 Miles!
"Sri Lanka is an island nation-state in the Indian Ocean. It is located 880 kilometers (547 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of India, and has a maximum length of 432 kilometers (268 miles) and a maximum width of 224 kilometers (139 miles)."
The southern tip of Sri Lanka is 565 Miles(547+18) from Rameswaram
One has to read Valmiki in the original to know how modern his story telling skilling technics are , with crisp or elaborate narration as required by the scene,descriptions of people and places, Imagery, most modern Flash back technics in story telling.
Some of the Sargas are the best screen plays ever conceived.
There is one verse which summarises the entire story of Ramayana of 24'000 couplets in one two line verse!
This also must have been by Valmiki himself, as I am of he opinion, given his skills, none other than Valmiki could have even conceived this Sloka.
This is the Sloka.
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