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Ranganathaswamy Temple
(mandir)
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (mandir) is located in Srirangam city of Tamil Nadu
state of India. The Sri Ranganathaswamy is a Hindu temple devoted to Lord
Ranganatha. The Ranganathaswamy temple is the at first among the many 108 Divya
Desams, the holy abodes of Lord Vishnu.
The corridor of one thousand pillars is essentially the most awesome a part of
the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple (mandir)/Srirangam temple (mandir). It is
interesting to notice that the time period Kovil, which signifies temple
(mandir) within the Tamil language, is used by many Vaishnavas in reference to
this temple (mandir), which signifies the importance of the Ranganathaswamy
temple (mandir) for them. Lord Ranganathar, the presiding deity of the temple
(mandir), is praised by various names by his devotees corresponding to
"Nam-Perumal, "Azhagiya Manavalan" and his divine consort Ranganayaki is
lovingly called as "Thayar" (Holy Mother).
Apart from the chief shrine of Ranganathar, the Ranganathasway temple advanced
also houses shrines of varied types of Lord Vishnu akin to Sakrathazhvar,
Narasimhar, Rama. In addition to this there are dozens of other shrines, that
are devoted to among the important saints of the Vaishnava tradition, resembling
Ramanujacharya. Everyday, hundreds of devotees go to the temple to offer
prayers. Worship goes on from morning until night every day.
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