Srirangam - boologa vaikundam , thiruvarangam - Ranga Ranga Ranga
srirangam is one of the foremost self formed shrine, it is the first of 108 divya desams which shows its significance. This temple has seven prakarams and 21 towers. Signifiance of Srirangam is on the bed of river cauvery, one side it is called Cauvery and other side it is called kollidam. Srirangam has vast history from the days of epic Ramayana.
After Lord Rama became king again, Vibhishana was there in Ayodhya to attend the cermony. After the cermony, LORD RAMA gave the Ranganathar Idol to Vibhishana and requested him to carry this straight to his kingdom and do not place anywhere. During his travel, king Vibhishana was attracted towards river Cauvery and was very intersted to get dipped in the river. He was looking around and this is where the epic reveals that Lord Ganesha came in the form of a boy who offered King to carry the Status till he comes after his bath. However the Lord Ganesh in the form of boy, informed him that he will call the king 3 times before he keeps it down if he is not able to hold it. With this agreement King went to bathe in river cauvery, however during his time in river cauvery, Lord Ganesh in boy form informed kind that he is not able to bear it and counted it three times, while king understands the implication, he was not able to come out of river cauvery without doing his 3 dips, which resulted in placing the statue on the cauvery river basin. When king came back, he was not able to move the Ranganathar statue and was very upset.
Lord came in kings dream and informed that he wanted to stay in this land and requested king to go back to his kingdom, however he will continue to watch him from here, hence this temple and main deity was always facing south to keep an eye on Lanka.
This temple has several references in Alwar hymns including Andal.
Another history of this temples goes like, during 13th century, this city was invaded by north rulers where the statue of azgiya manalan was taken up by the rulers, however the daughter of the ruler was attracted towards this statue and because of her , the statue returned back to Srirangam along with her, there is a shrine for her named under Thulakha Nachiyar.
This temple is one of the biggest temple in india and the main tower is one of the tallest.
right after entering the main tower, we can see a shrine for Chakarathalwar which is of huge significance, the alwar is with 12 hands and very powerful.
There is also a huge Garudan statue which is of huge signifance. This temple is also parihara sthalam for Lord Sukran which happens every friday.
having viswa roopa darisanam is of main signifance. Darshan is of very peaceful and dont forget to watch the foot of the lord which is of important. There are only 2 divya desams where we can see lord in sayana position and Srirangam is most signifance of those.
Direction:
From Tirchy, it is just 5 kms and there are several local buses that drops us in front of the temple. This temple will definitely give a peaceful mind
srirangam is one of the foremost self formed shrine, it is the first of 108 divya desams which shows its significance. This temple has seven prakarams and 21 towers. Signifiance of Srirangam is on the bed of river cauvery, one side it is called Cauvery and other side it is called kollidam. Srirangam has vast history from the days of epic Ramayana.
After Lord Rama became king again, Vibhishana was there in Ayodhya to attend the cermony. After the cermony, LORD RAMA gave the Ranganathar Idol to Vibhishana and requested him to carry this straight to his kingdom and do not place anywhere. During his travel, king Vibhishana was attracted towards river Cauvery and was very intersted to get dipped in the river. He was looking around and this is where the epic reveals that Lord Ganesha came in the form of a boy who offered King to carry the Status till he comes after his bath. However the Lord Ganesh in the form of boy, informed him that he will call the king 3 times before he keeps it down if he is not able to hold it. With this agreement King went to bathe in river cauvery, however during his time in river cauvery, Lord Ganesh in boy form informed kind that he is not able to bear it and counted it three times, while king understands the implication, he was not able to come out of river cauvery without doing his 3 dips, which resulted in placing the statue on the cauvery river basin. When king came back, he was not able to move the Ranganathar statue and was very upset.
Lord came in kings dream and informed that he wanted to stay in this land and requested king to go back to his kingdom, however he will continue to watch him from here, hence this temple and main deity was always facing south to keep an eye on Lanka.
This temple has several references in Alwar hymns including Andal.
Another history of this temples goes like, during 13th century, this city was invaded by north rulers where the statue of azgiya manalan was taken up by the rulers, however the daughter of the ruler was attracted towards this statue and because of her , the statue returned back to Srirangam along with her, there is a shrine for her named under Thulakha Nachiyar.
This temple is one of the biggest temple in india and the main tower is one of the tallest.
right after entering the main tower, we can see a shrine for Chakarathalwar which is of huge significance, the alwar is with 12 hands and very powerful.
There is also a huge Garudan statue which is of huge signifance. This temple is also parihara sthalam for Lord Sukran which happens every friday.
having viswa roopa darisanam is of main signifance. Darshan is of very peaceful and dont forget to watch the foot of the lord which is of important. There are only 2 divya desams where we can see lord in sayana position and Srirangam is most signifance of those.
Direction:
From Tirchy, it is just 5 kms and there are several local buses that drops us in front of the temple. This temple will definitely give a peaceful mind
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