SRIRANGAM

srērŭngˈgəm, town (1991 pop. 70,109), Tamil Nadu state, SE India, on an island in the Kaveri River. It is noted for a group of temples to Vishnu (built c.1600), which attract many Hindu pilgrims. Srirangam is also a market for grain, sugarcane, and pepper.

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books on: Srirangam  - 59 results

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Singing the Body of God: The Hymns of Vedantadesika in Their South Indian Tradition
Book by Steven Paul Hopkins; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Asr?I Vaishonava (Sect)--History, Vecnkaotan?Atha--1268-1369--Criticism And Interpretation, Vishnu (Hindu Deity) In Literature
...prince. See also Hari Rao, History of Srirangam Temple , pp. 120 21 and A. S. Ramanatha...sriVaiinava brahmins to Vedanta Desika in Srirangam, who received them and wrote for their...186 93. 121 Hari Rao, History of Srirangam Temple , 88 101 122 From the Tarikh...
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The Sound of the Kiss, or the Story That Must Never Be Told
Book by Pingali Surana, Velcheru Narayana Rao, David Shulman; Columbia University Press, 2002
...together as if embracing the island of Srirangam. Its water washes away stain from all...river 22 wants to worship the goddess of Srirangam with her watery jewels. For this she...He followed them onto the island of Srirangam. Passing through Brahmin neighborhoods...
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Jewels of Authority: Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India
Book by Laurie L. Patton; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Dowry--India--History, Hindu Women--India--History, Hinduism--Social Aspects, Women's Rights--Religious Aspects--Hinduism, Women--India--Social Conditions, Women--Religious Aspects--Hinduism
...ava world. Between 1311 and 1362, the Srirangam temple was in a state of dilapidation...Allaudin Khalji. No one worshiped in the Srirangam temple, and the Muslim military expedition...processional, festival image of the deities at Srirangam were sent elsewhere for safekeeping...
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Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary
Book by Francis X. Clooney; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Christianity And Other Religions--Hinduism, Goddesses, Hindu--Prayer-Books And Devotions--History And Criticism, Hinduism--Relations--Christianity, Mary--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Prayer-Books And Devotions--History And Criticism
...the flame of an auspicious lamp in the Srirangam palace, queen of Srirangams king, Sri...and value of surrender to Sri at the Srirangam temple, and the compatibility ofthis...with continuing fidelity to the Lord of Srirangam. From these framing verses we know that...
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Development of Religion in South India
Book by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri; Orient Longmans, 1963
Subjects: Hinduism--India, India--Religion--History
...and she was taken by her father to Srirangam where she entered the garbhagr ha sanctum...not permitted to enter the temple of Srirangam, and was thus the Vai n ava counterpart...dancing girl, and found that the god of Srirangam did not disdain to smoothen the path...
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journal articles on: Srirangam  - 7 results

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The Sattada Srivaisnavas
Journal article by Robert C. Lester; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 114, 1994
Subjects: Hindu sects--History, Mysticism--Hinduism
...servant to the Sriranganathaswami Temple, Srirangam, the chief temple for Srivaisnavas...twelve families) of servants to the Srirangam temple known as Sattada Srivaisnavas...punul) or the top-knot (sikha). Srirangam Sattadas do not wear the thread, but...
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Imperial Frontiers: Building Sacred Space in Sixteenth-century South India
Journal article by Crispin Branfoot; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 90, 2008
Subjects: Architecture, Religion, Sculpture
...Sundaresvara in Madurai or the Ranganatha at Srirangam, this was a costly, high-status commission...1017-1137), with major centers at Srirangam, Kancipuram, and Tirupati. Beginning...Fig. 15), the Gopalakrsna temple on Srirangam Island, and the Adinatha temple at Alvar...
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Dharmaskandhah and Brahmasamsthah: A Study of Chandogya Upanisad 2.23.1
Journal article by Patrick Olivelle; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, 1996
Subjects: Caste--India, Hindu sects--Analysis, India--Scheduled tribes
...Thibaut. 2 pts. SBE 34, 1890; SBE 38, 1896. -----. Commentary on the CU. Srisamkaragranthavalih, vol. 5. Srirangam: Srivanivilasamudrayantralaya, n.d. SECONDARY SOURCES Bohtlingk, O. 1889. Khandogjopanishad. Leipzig: H. Haessel...
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Water, Wood, and Wisdom: Ecological Perspectives from the Hindu Traditions
Journal article by Vasudha Narayanan; Daedalus, Vol. 130, 2001
Subjects: Environmental sociology--Analysis, Hinduism--Environmental aspects, Religion and culture--Analysis, Religion and sociology--Analysis, Religion--Environmental aspects
...posture with a child on her lap. When the Kaveri is swollen after the early monsoon rains, I have heard the residents of Srirangam (a large temple town on an island in the middle of the river) say she was pregnant. This i s a wonderful celebration of...
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Hearing Voices: Vignettes of Early Modernity in South Asia, 1400-1750
Journal article by Sanjay Subrahmanyam; Daedalus, Vol. 127, 1998
Subjects: Economic history--South Asia, India--History, Social history--South Asia, South Asia--1454-1700
...curious relationship of the last Nayaka ruler of Tanjavur, Vijayaraghava (r. 1634-1673) with two temples, Mannargudi and Srirangam, sums up this tussle between the desire for the new and the gravitational pull of the old. The processes that we have identified...
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Same-sex Weddings, Hindu Traditions, and Modern India
Magazine article by Ruth Vanita; Tikkun, Vol. 25, July 2010
Subjects: Gays & lesbians, Hinduism, Poisons, Same sex marriage, Spirituality, Suicides & suicide attempts, Weddings
...Shakuntala Devi recorded an interview with Srinivasa Raghavachariar, Sanskrit scholar and priest of the major Vaishnava temple at Srirangam in South India. Sri Raghavachariar, himself married and the father of thirteen children, said that samesex lovers must...


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encyclopedia articles on: Srirangam  - 3 results

 
 
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Srirangam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SRIRANGAM srerung g m, town (1991 pop. 70,109), Tamil Nadu state, SE India...temples to Vishnu (built c.1600), which attract many Hindu pilgrims. Srirangam is also a market for grain, sugarcane, and pepper...
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Indian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...perhaps the best known. The dravida style culminated in a series of expanded "temple townships," of which the largest is Srirangam , consisting of seven concentric enclosures. These ended in the comparatively crude stucco sculptured architecture of 17th...
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Tiruchirapalli
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...construction workshops and heavy electrical industries. Tobacco and cotton are marketed. The citys chief landmark is the shrine of Srirangam, an elaborately carved monument to the Hindu god Shiva, at the base of a 270-ft (82-m) rock. Another temple stands...


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