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Srirangam (also Thiruvarangam) is a small town in south India adjoining Tiruchirapalli. It is a 600 acre (2.4 km²) island town, surrounded by the waters of river Kaveri on one side and its tributary Kollidam on the other.
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam It is famous for its Ranganatha temple, a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus especially Vaishnavites and one of the largest temple complexes in India. The gopuram or the gateway of the temple is called the RajaGopuram and is 236 feet tall. The temple is constituted by seven concentric enclosures or prakaras with gopurams articulating the axial path, the highest at the outermost prakara and the lowest at the innermost. The construction of the temple spanned across three centuries from the 14th to 17th centuries and many rulers have had a hand in its construction, including the Cheras, Pandyas, Cholas, Hoysalas and rulers from Vijayanagar.
Srirangam is the foremost of the 108 divine centers mentioned in DivyaDesam, composed by the Tamil saints known as Azhwars. It is also the foremost seat of the teachings of Ramanuja, who spread the doctrine of Visishtadvaita (qualified monism), considered to be one of the cornerstones of Hindu philosophy.
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