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the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, the largest temple complex in India and the biggest functioning Hindu temple in the world.
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The Ranganathaswamy temple, also rendered the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, in Srirangapatna, in the Mandya district of Karnataka state, India, is dedicated to the Hindu god Ranganatha (a manifestation of the god Vishnu). It is one of the five important pilgrimage sites of Sri Vaishnavism along the river Kaveri for devotees of Ranganatha. These five sacred sites are together known as Pancharanga Kshetrams in South India.
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Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam – Gopurams (Towers) Ranganatha, the largest temple complex in Tamil Nadu, measures 950m by 816m (about a half-mile square) along its outer perimeter. It consists of seven nested enclosures (plan), whose walls are pierced by towered gates (gopurams) along the four cardinal axes leading from the shrine. Visitors approach from the south and the shrine faces in this direction. The temple's outer three enclosures contain an entire town, with streets, houses, and…
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Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Trichy
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