| Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
SRIRANGAM |
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| One day the dancing
girl brought the captain to the top of Vellai gopuram from where he was pushed off. At the
loss o their Commander-in-chief, the army lost their moral and retreated Delhi. In
appreciation of the service rendered by the dancing girl, who was also a great devotee of
Ranganatha, the holy fire was sent from the kitchen of the temple for cremation of the body of the dancing girl after her death. The custom is being followed till today in respect of her successors. Srirangam is spoken of as a paradise on earth (Bhoolokavaikuntham). Some festival or other is taking placethroughout the year. The idol of Ranganatha is very impressive and one who worships Him gets all his desires fulfilled and attains moksha. Property such as lands, buildings, gold and silvers vessels, pearls and diamonds jewels, etc., worth lakhs of rupees, provided by the various kings of the South, belong to the temple. Lord Ranganatha is tastefully decorated on all-important occasions. Abhishekam is being done to the deity daily with Kaveri water brought in a silver vessel placed on the Devasthanam elephant in a procession accompanied by pipers. Learned Brahmins chant Vedas and Mantras when pujas and abhishekams are performed. There are 21 gopurams in the temple. The temple is so big that a stranger who enters the temple without a guide cannot find Ws way out. Thousands of rupees are being spent every year for its maintenance alone. There is a big mandapam. One of the kings of he South who undertook the construction of this mandapam with 1000 pillars was attacked -and defeated by his enemy when the work was in progress. So the mandapam was left incomplete. There are only 936 pillars. The images carved out on these pillars attract our attention and reveal the remarkable talents of the sculptors of those days. |
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