SETU may refer to:

Acronyms

South East Technological University South East Technological University (SETU; ) is a public Technological Universities in Ireland, technological university located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South East region of Ireland. It was formed from the amalgamation of two existin ...

, 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

Dhola–Sadiya Bridge The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, officially known as Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, is a beam bridge connecting the villages of Dhola and Sadiya in Tinsukia district of the Indian state of Assam. The bridge spans the Lohit River, a major tributary of the Bra ...

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 ...

Naranarayan Setu Naranarayan Setu (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 the lower deck and a road on the upper deck. It ...

Bihar

* Arrah–Chhapra Bridge or Veer Kunwar Singh Setu *

Digha–Sonpur Bridge The Digha–Sonpur bridge () or J. P. Setu () is a rail-cum-road steel truss bridge across river Ganga, connecting Digha Ghat in Patna and Pahleja Ghat in Sonpur. It is named after Indian independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan. It provid ...

or J.P. Setu *

Mahatma Gandhi Setu Mahatma Gandhi Setu (also called Gandhi Setu or Ganga Setu) is a bridge over the river Ganga in Bihar, India, connecting Patna in the south to Hajipur in the north. Its length of makes it the fourth-longest river bridge in India. It was inau ...

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 years ...

Vikramshila Setu Vikramshila Setu is a bridge across the Ganges, near Bhagalpur in the Indian state of Bihar. It is named after the ancient Mahavihara of Vikramashila which was established by King Dharmapala (783 to 820 A.D.) . Vikramshila Setu is 6th longest ...

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 Mandi ...

West Bengal

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 then ...

, Kolkata * Farakka Setu *

Howrah Bridge The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the both ...

or Rabindra Setu, Kolkata * Ishwar Gupta Setu *

Jangalkanya Setu Jangalkanya Setu or ''Bhasaraghat Bridge '' is a bridge located in Nayagram in Jhargram district, West Bengal.This bridge was launched in 2016. The bridge is about 1.47 km (0.915 mi) long built on Subarnarekha river. It is the fourth l ...

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 ...

Maitri Setu Maitri Setu () is a bridge on Feni River which links Sabroom in Tripura, India and Ramgarh Upazila, Ramgarh in Chittagong Division, Chittagong, Bangladesh leading to Chittagong port, thus providing a shorter and more economical alternate land ro ...

, between India and Bangladesh * Matla Setu *

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu (also called Netaji Setu) is a bridge over the river Kathajodi, a distributary of the Mahanadi connecting Belleview Point near Judicial Academy in Cuttack to Trishulia. The length of the bridge is 2.88 km an ...

Vidyasagar Setu Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was ...

Vivekananda Setu Vivekananda Setu (also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge ...

, Kolkata * Second Vivekananda Bridge or Second Vivekananda Setu, Kolkata * Tala Bridge or Tala Setu, Kolkata

Others

Adam's Bridge Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwe ...

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 *

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 con ...

Atal Setu, Sikkim Atal Setu Bridge is located at Rangpo, Pakyong district, Sikkim. It is the longest roadway bridge of Sikkim. It was inaugurated by Honourable President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu on 4 November 2022. It is constructed by National Highways a ...

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 cable-stayed bridge that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs (Mumbai), Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. It is the second ...

or Rajiv Gandhi Setu, Mumbai * Kaman Aman Setu, Jammu and Kashmir, between India and Pakistan * Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Setu, Odisha

Others

Aarogya Setu Aarogya Setu (translation from Sanskrit: ''the bridge to health'') is an Indian COVID-19 "contact tracing, syndromic mapping and self-assessment" digital service, primarily a mobile app, developed by the National Informatics Centre under the Mi ...

, COVID-19 contact tracing mobile application in India * Bijon Setu massacre, 1982 murder of monks and a nun in Kolkata, India *

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana (), Shoulder supported bridge or simply Bridge, also called Setu Bandhāsana, is an inverted back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. Etymology and origins The pose is named from the Sanskrit w ...

, 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. Numismatists have clearly pointed out ( Humphry Codrington in his 1924 book ''Ceylon Coins and Currency'', and Michae ...

, ancient coinage from India and Sri Lanka *

Sethu Lakshmi Bayi Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi CI (5 November 1895– 22 February 1985) was the monarch, though designated as the Regent due to British policy, of the Kingdom of Travancore in southern India between 1924 and 1931. She, along with her yo ...

or Setu Lakshmi Bayi (r. 1924–1931), Indian queen, maharani of Travancore *

Setumadhavarao Pagadi Setumadhavarao Pagdi or Sethu Madhav Rao PagdiK. VenkateshwarluA slice of Marathi history The Hindu, 9 May 2011. (27 August 1910 – 14 October 1994) was an Indian civil servant, a polyglot linguist, an accomplished historian and a distinguished ...

or Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, Indian historian * Rama Setu (Ramayana), a bridge built by Rama as described in the Ramayana **

Sethubandhanam Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwest ...

, another term for the above

Acronyms

Places

Assam

Bihar

Gujarat

West Bengal

Others

Others

See also