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Acronyms

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South East Technological University South East Technological University (SETU; ga, Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta an Oirdheiscirt) is a public technological university located in the South East region of Ireland. It was formed from the amalgamation of two existing institutes of tec ...
, a technological university in the south east of Ireland * Teniente Coronel Luis A. Mantilla International Airport, an airport in Tulcán, Ecuador, with the ICAO code SETU


Places

Setu means bridge in Sanskrit and other Indian languages and may refer to the following bridges constructed in India:


Assam

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Dhola–Sadiya Bridge The Bhupen Hazarika Setu, commonly known as the Dhola Sadiya Bridge, is a beam bridge in India, connecting the northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The bridge spans the Lohit River, a major tributary of the Brahmaputra, connecting t ...
or Bhupen Hazarika Setu, between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh *
Kolia Bhomora Setu Kolia Bhomora Setu, an existing bridge completed in 1987, is a 3.015 km long pre-stressed concrete road bridge on NH-715 over the Brahmaputra River in Tezpur Assam state of India, which connects Tezpur in Sonitpur district on northern ban ...
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Naranarayan Setu Naranarayan Setu ( as, নৰনাৰায়ণ সেতু) (IPA - nərəˈna:ra:jənə ˈseɪtu:) is the third bridge to have been constructed over the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. It is a double-deck bridge with a railway track on ...


Bihar

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Arrah–Chhapra Bridge Arrah–Chhapra Bridge ( bho, आरा-छपरा पुल) or Veer Kunwar Singh Setu ( bho, वीर कुँवर सिंह सेतु) is the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world with a main bridge length of . The b ...
or Veer Kunwar Singh Setu *
Digha–Sonpur Bridge The Digha–Sonpur bridge ( hi, दीघा-सोनपुर पुल) or J. P. Setu ( hi, जेपी सेतु) is a rail-cum-road bridge across river Ganga, connecting Digha Ghat in Patna and Pahleja Ghat in Sonpur, Saran district i ...
or J.P. Setu * Mahatma Gandhi Setu *
Rajendra Setu Rajendra Setu, or Simaria Bridge, is a bridge across the Ganges that was the first to link the northern and southern portions of the state of Bihar. The location of the bridge was based on the work of M. Visvesvaraya, who was more than 90 year ...
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Vikramshila Setu Vikramshila Setu is a bridge across the Ganges, near Bhagalpur in the Indian state of Bihar named after the ancient Mahavihara of Vikramashila which was established by King Dharmapala (783 to 820 A.D.) . Vikramshila Setu is 6th longest bridge ...


Gujarat

* Morarji Desai Setu *
Sudama Setu Sudama Setu is a pedestrian suspension bridge in Dwarka, Gujarat, India. It is named for Sudama, a childhood friend of Krishna. Proposed in 2005, the bridge was opened in 2016. History A pedestrian bridge over Gomti river connects Jagat Mandir ...


West Bengal

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Bijon Setu Bijon Setu is a bridge situated above Ballygunge Junction railway station connects EM Bypass through Kasba with Gariahat. History The bridge is named after a Bengali engineer Bijon Basu. 35 year old Basu was an executive engineer of Calcutta ...
, Kolkata * Farakka Setu * Howrah Bridge or Rabindra Setu, Kolkata *
Ishwar Gupta Setu Ishwar Gupta Setu () is a long road bridge that crosses the Hooghly River in Bansberia, Hooghly and Kalyani, Nadia in West Bengal. Kalyani Expressway crosses the bridge connecting National Highway 12 with National Highway 19. History The ...
* Jangalkanya Setu *
Joyee Setu Joyee Setu or Joyee Bridge is the longest road river bridge of West Bengal which connects Haldibari and Mekhliganj town of Mekhliganj Sub-division in Cooch Behar District of West Bengal. The bridge was opened on 1 February 2021. The bridge is ...
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Maitri Setu Maitri Setu (lit. ''friendship bridge''), also called Gateway of Northeast, is a bridge on Feni River which links Tripura in India with Chittagong port in Bangladesh, thus providing a shorter and more economical alternate land route between Indi ...
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Matla Setu Matla Setu is a bridge, built on Matla river in West Bengal. The 644 meter (2,113 ft) long bridge inaugurated by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, on Matla river in Canning town of Caning subdivision in January ...
* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu *
Vidyasagar Setu Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, with a total length of , Vidyasagar Setu is the first and longes ...
* Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata * Second Vivekananda Bridge or Second Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata * Tala Bridge or Tala Setu, Kolkata


Others

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Adam's Bridge Adam's Bridge, '; ta, ஆதாம் பாலம் ' also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', '; ta, ராமர் பாலம் '; sa, रामसेतु ' is a chain of natural limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, a ...
or Rama's Setu, chain of shoals off the coast of India and Sri Lanka, identified with the bridge in Ramayana **
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project () is a proposed project to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka. This would provide a continuously navigable sea route around the Indian Peninsula. The channel would b ...
or Setu Samudram, proposed canal at the above *
Atal Setu, Goa The Atal Setu is a cable-stayed bridge in Goa that runs between Panaji and Porvorim. It carries National Highway 66 over the tidal part of the Mandovi River. It is long, making it the third longest cable-stayed bridge in India. Two wheelers, thr ...
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Atal Setu, Jammu and Kashmir Atal Setu is a cable-stayed bridge on the Ravi River near Basholi Town ,District Kathua, commissioned on 24 December 2015 by former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikkar. The bridge spans between Basholi and Dunera and aims to improve road conne ...
* Atal Setu, Sikkim *
Bandra–Worli Sea Link The Bandra-Worli Sea Link (officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link) is a 5.6 km long, 8-lane wide bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the longest sea bridge, as well as the 4th longe ...
or Rajiv Gandhi Setu, Mumbai * Kaman Aman Setu, Jammu and Kashmir, between India and Pakistan * Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Setu, Odisha


Others

* Aarogya Setu, COVID-19 contact tracing mobile application in India *
Bijon Setu massacre The Bijon Setu massacre ( bn, বিজন সেতু হত্যাকাণ্ড) was the killing and burning of 16 sadhus and a sadhvi belonging to Ananda Marga, at Bijon Setu, near Ballygunge, Calcutta, Kolkata, in West Bengal, India, o ...
, 1982 murder of monks and a nun in Kolkata, India *
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana (Sanskrit: सेतु बन्ध सर्वाङ्गासन), Shoulder supported bridge or simply Bridge, also called Setu Bandhāsana, is an inverted back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exer ...
, inverted back-bending posture in yoga *
Setu Bharatam Setu Bharatam was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 March 2016 at a budget of , with an aim to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019. Project details Under the project, as many as 208 rails over and under brid ...
, Indian highway project *
Setu coins Setu coins or Setu bull coins are found in large quantities in the northern part of Sri Lanka and in Southern India. Codrington in his book ''Ceylon Coins and Currency'' published in 1924 and Mitchiner in his book ''Oriental Coins'' published in 1 ...
, ancient coinage from India and Sri Lanka * Sethu Lakshmi Bayi or Setu Lakshmi Bayi (r. 1924–1931), Indian queen, maharani of Travancore * Setumadhavarao Pagadi or Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, Indian historian *
Rama Setu (Ramayana) The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...
, a bridge built by Rama as described in the Ramayana **
Sethubandhanam Adam's Bridge, '; ta, ஆதாம் பாலம் ' also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', '; ta, ராமர் பாலம் '; sa, रामसेतु ' is a chain of natural limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, ...
, another term for the above


See also

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Sethu (disambiguation) Sethu may refer to: People * Sethu (actor), Indian film actor and producer * Sethu (writer) (born 1942), Indian writer * Sethu (singer), Italian singer and rapper * Sethu Eyyal, Indian film director * Sethu Lakshmi, Indian actress * Sethu Laksh ...
* Sethubandhanam (disambiguation) *
Sethupathi (disambiguation) Sethupathis () were 17th century rulers of the Ramnad and Sivaganga regions in southern India. Sethupathi may also refer to: * Sethupathi (surname) * ''Sethupathi'' (film), a 2016 Indian Tamil-language film * Sethupathi Higher Secondary School in ...
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Adams Bridge (disambiguation) Adams Bridge or variations may refer to: South Asia *Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama Setu or Ram Setu, a chain of natural limestone shoals between India and Sri Lanka, perhaps formerly constituting a land bridge **Rama Setu (Ramayana), a bridg ...
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