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srishailEsha dhayApAthram DhibhaktyAdi guNArNavam |
yathIndhrapravaNam vandhE ramyajAmAtharam munim ||

Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya nama:

INTRODUCTION: SriRangam or TiruArangam is the foremost among the 108 
dhivya dhEshas(PS:Some viDhvAns say that Thirumalai is first). It is 
not paramapadha nAThan who is residing in SriRangam but it is the 
Lord SriRanganATha who resides in SriVaikuNTam! Temple means,it only 
refers to SriRangam temple first and all other temples only second. 
It is called as bhUlOka vaikuNTam,periya kOil and bhOga maNdapam. 
This is a "svayamvyaktha sThala". The Lord,on His own, manifests 
Himself in the form of an icon and the Lord in this sThala exhibits
"sowhArDham",one of the kalyaNa guNas of the Lord,meaning protector 
of the souls or thinking constantly about the welfare of the souls
[Cf AH 159 and TVM 7.2]. SriRangam is the only dhivya dhEsha which is 
sung by all the 11 AzhvArs excluding maDhurakavi AzhvAr,thereby 
receiving a maximum of 247 pAsurams/hymns. All the pUrvAcAryAs chose 
SriRangam as the centre for learning and propagating SrivaiShNavism.
SriRAmAnuja established SrivishiShtAdvaitam from here only. 
SriRanganATha is so handsome that no words can do justice in 
describing His beauty,it can only be felt. 

MUlavar/Presiding Deity: SriRanganAThan, Periya PerumAL, Nam PerumAL,
Azhagiya MaNavALan. He is reclining on AdhishEsha in bhujanga 
shayanam facing the south.

Uthsavar/Processional Deity: Nam PerumAL

ThAyAr/Divine Consort: SriRanga nAcciyAr

ThIrThas/Holy tanks: There are 9 thIrThas viz., 
(1) candhrapuShkaraNi (2) vilva (3) nAval (4)arasu
(5) punnai (6) magizham (7) porasu (8) kadhambam (9) mA

and the most prominent and currently in use is candhrapuShkaraNi

VimAnam/Tower: praNavAkrthi

Prathyaksha dharshanam: vibhIShaNa,Dharmavarman,kiLLivaLavan,candhra

DIRECTION: SriRangam temple is a kilometre distance from SriRangam 
railway station and approximately 10 kilometres from Trichy
(TiruccirAppaLLi)bus stand. SriRangam is 300 kilometres from 
Chennai/Madras and it takes about 6 hours drive. 

In the next post we will see the history behind the temple;"number" 
of posts will be devoted exclusively for AzhvArs & Arangan and 
similarly AcAryAs and Arangan.

AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigaLE sharaNam
NC Nappinnai





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