The temple town SRIRANGAM

Srirangam is a temple town situated in Trichy.The town is surrounded by cauvery and its distributary caleed kollidam.The town is famous for livelihood of srivaishnavits (the vishnu followers).It is famous for its famous sri ranganathaswamy temple.According to the surveys it is declared as the biggest functioning temple covering an area of 631,000 square metres (6,790,000 sq ft) with a perimeter of 4 km (10,710 ft).

History......

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According to Vedas, the vimana (adornment on top of the main tower) of Srirangam temple is believed to have come out of the ocean of milk (Tamil: "paarkadal" - பாற்கடல்) with the powers of Brahma deva (One of the three main Gods of Hinduism). The incarnation of Lord Vishnu called Ramavathara has performed poojas to Vishnu's idol (deity in a reclining posture). As a symbol of love he gifted the idol to Vibishana (brother of Ravana of the Hindu epic Ramayana) to take back with him to Sri Lanka. There was a condition that he could not set the idol on earth and if he did it would set itself permanently. Vibishana took this idol and was traveling towards Sri Lanka, and came upon the banks of the river Cauvery, during when utsavam (festival) for the god had to be performed and he placed the idol on banks of river Kaveri. When the utsavam got over, the lord refused to move as he loved the place (Srirangam). When vibhishana requested him to come along with him, the lord refused but promised to bless Vibhishana by always facing South (the direction of Sri Lanka, home to Vibhishana) Hence it is that the deity (in a reclining posture) faces South. Then Chola kings Dharmavarcholan andKillivalavan developed the shrine into the big temple seen now. They built the basic foundations and main buildings.

Srirangam was one of the Hindu shrine complexes that was sacked (plundered) during Ala-ud-din Khilji's deccan invasion, led by his general Malik Kafur. Services at the shrine had temporarily halted following this sack, and were resumed later

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Must visit this heavenly place>>>>>>>>>>