LORD RANGANATHA OF SRIRANGAPATTANA

UNIQUENESS

The unique features of the temple begin exactly with her emergence at Talakaveri, and there are many versions about the origin. According to one version she was the daughter of Rajarshi Kaveru, and after marrying the redoubtable Agasthya, she turned herself into river for lokodharana. Another version attributes her origin to the sages - who to averting the calamity of severe drought affecting the Dravida desa for 12 years continuously, propitiated Lord Maheswar, and when satisfied, he sent the Ganges to flow in the rain-famine land. she did. Bot  these glorify her position. She too with a view to retain her touch with heaven and particularly of Vaikuntanatha from whose feet she came down to the world has created three islands for temples along its long course. And in everyone of them Srimannarayana in the name of Sri Ranganatha is enshrined in gigantic temples for people to adore and for her to worship the Lord eternally. No river claims of having such number of islands; here the devotional activities are going on round the clock at it.

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